New Castle County

Case counts and test data by date of report can vary significantly from day to day for a variety of reasons. In addition to changes due to actual changes in disease incidence, trends are strongly influenced by testing patterns (who gets tested and why), testing availability, lab analysis backlogs, lab reporting delays, new labs joining our electronic laboratory reporting system, mass screenings, etc.

Current Hospitalizations (New Castle County)

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Percent of persons testing positive, and percent of tests that are positive are helpful indicators in understanding the spread of infection in a community. Percent of persons testing positive indicate one result reported for each individual tested (positive or negative), even if that person is tested more than once with the same result. As a result, it often reflects higher positivity rates.

Percent of tests that are positive indicates the total number of specimens tested, including when an individual is tested more than once, and reflects higher reported test numbers and lower positivity rates. It is also more widely used by other states and the Federal government, and is therefore useful to compare Delaware to other jurisdictions.

Because of the increasing frequency of repeat testing, using person-based percent positives could be misleading on a daily basis. Therefore, using the percent of tests that are positive is a more useful measure to make operational decisions. Data for percent of tests that are positive are based on the testing date, while data for persons testing positive is based on the date results are reported to DPH. There is a two-day lag for presenting data related to percent of tests that are positive to account for the time delay between the date of the test and the date that DPH receives the test result.

Percent of persons testing positive Percent of tests that are positive

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State of Delaware

New Castle County

Current Status

Data are updated every Monday*

2

Minimal-to-Moderate

Community Spread

Schools may use a hybrid model of remote learning and in-person learning options with precautions in place.

*Unlike other COVID data on My Healthy Community, historical data presented on the school reopening dashboard are not updated daily. This is because the reopening dashboard is used to make decisions based on the best available data at the time and are not informed by real-time updates to historical data. These data are updated on Mondays. This is to allow for complete reporting of the week's test data.

Breakdown of This Week's Status (11/14/2020 - 11/20/2020)

Overall rating

Minimal-to-Moderate

Schools are partially open

New cases rate

(per 100,000 people)

345.1

Significant

More than 100

% of tests that are positive

5.4%

Minimal-to-Moderate

1 to 8%

Avg. daily hospitalizations

(per 100,000 people)

15.5

Minimal-to-Moderate

10 to 25

Planning Scenarios for Schools

	1 Minimal Community Spread	2 Minimal-to-Moderate Community Spread	3 Significant Community Spread
Description	Schools are open for in-person instruction.	Schools may use a hybrid model of remote learning and in-person learning options with precautions in place.	School buildings are closed — remote learning only.
Criteria
New cases rate (per 100,000 people)	Fewer than 5	5 to 100	More than 100
% of tests that are positive	Less than 1%	1 to 8%	More than 8%
Avg. daily hospitalizations (per 100,000 people)	Fewer than 10	10 to 25	More than 25
Overall rating*	2 or more Minimal (green) ratings	2 or more Minimal-to-Moderate (yellow) ratings	2 or more Significant (red) ratings

*If there is one of each color, % of tests that are positive determines the overall rating.

Status by Week	Overall rating	New cases rate (per 100,000 people)	% of tests that are positive	Avg. daily hospitalizations (per 100,000 people)
11/14/2020 - 11/20/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	345.1	5.4	15.5
11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	243.0	5.5	11.0
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	141.4	4.2	9.2
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	106.7	3.1	7.4
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	89.8	2.8	9.4

Testing

How can I get tested?

Percent of persons testing positive, and percent of tests that are positive are helpful indicators in understanding the spread of infection in a community. Percent of persons testing positive indicate one result reported for each individual tested (positive or negative), even if that person is tested more than once with the same result. As a result, it often reflects higher positivity rates.

Percent of tests that are positive indicates the total number of specimens tested, including when an individual is tested more than once, and reflects higher reported test numbers and lower positivity rates. It is also more widely used by other states and the Federal government, and is therefore useful to compare Delaware to other jurisdictions.

Because of the increasing frequency of repeat testing, using person-based percent positives could be misleading on a daily basis. Therefore, using the percent of tests that are positive is a more useful measure to make operational decisions. Data for percent of tests that are positive are based on the testing date, while data for persons testing positive is based on the date results are reported to DPH. There is a two-day lag for presenting data related to percent of tests that are positive to account for the time delay between the date of the test and the date that DPH receives the test result.

Date Range:

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

New Castle County

244,568 44,055.7 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

412,412

New Castle County

414,151 74,603.9 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

705,587

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

244,568

Total count on 11/26/2020

44,055.7

rate per 100,000 people on 11/26/2020

Total Persons Tested

414,151

Total count on 11/26/2020

74,603.9

rate per 100,000 people on 11/26/2020

Total Tests

225,859

Total count on 11/26/2020

4,068.6

rate per 10,000 people on 11/26/2020

Persons Tested Negative

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	112,321	197,987	22,934	52,866
Non-Hispanic Black	49,004	74,411	11,465	9,253
Another/Multiple	22,876	37,537	3,202	8,577
Hispanic/Latino	20,377	32,105	2,547	7,815
Asian/Pacific Islander	7,584	9,261	726	675
Unknown	32,406	61,111	12,062	13,268

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Hispanic/Latino	3,768.6	3,719.5	2,091.1	3,895.0
Non-Hispanic Black	3,535.4	3,545.2	2,588.5	3,428.1
Non-Hispanic White	3,135.9	3,023.1	1,977.8	2,924.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,464.3	2,489.5	2,034.8	2,362.6

Cases (New Castle County)

Total Positive Cases

18,709 334.8 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

18,330

Probable

379

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

33,579

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
0-4	132.4	126.2	79.2	151.1
5-17	194.8	191.4	111.7	257.0
18-34	476.2	505.2	336.4	785.9
35-49	392.0	444.7	352.9	687.3
50-64	319.6	345.2	305.6	426.9
65+	297.9	297.2	270.2	306.8

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	359.0	369.2	279.7	461.8
Male	312.8	335.9	255.5	453.3

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Hispanic/Latino	682.8	775.4	418.7	1,234.1
Non-Hispanic Black	376.3	396.7	336.6	592.4
Non-Hispanic White	207.2	217.2	178.7	260.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	120.2	144.9	232.6	297.5

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
0-4	431 (2%)	692 (2%)	87 (2%)	171 (2%)
5-17	1,727 (9%)	2,843 (8%)	331 (7%)	779 (8%)
18-34	6,363 (34%)	10,732 (32%)	1,398 (30%)	2,929 (29%)
35-49	4,148 (22%)	7,570 (23%)	1,091 (23%)	2,304 (23%)
50-64	3,614 (19%)	6,775 (20%)	1,017 (22%)	2,130 (21%)
65+	2,426 (13%)	4,967 (15%)	769 (16%)	1,756 (17%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	10,277 (55%)	18,089 (54%)	2,533 (54%)	5,223 (52%)
Male	8,410 (45%)	15,436 (46%)	2,153 (46%)	4,824 (48%)
Unknown		54 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	7,422 (40%)	14,222 (42%)	2,072 (44%)	4,705 (47%)
Non-Hispanic Black	5,216 (28%)	8,326 (25%)	1,491 (32%)	1,599 (16%)
Hispanic/Latino	3,692 (20%)	6,693 (20%)	510 (11%)	2,476 (25%)
Another/Multiple	990 (5%)	1,777 (5%)	215 (5%)	555 (6%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	370 (2%)	539 (2%)	83 (2%)	85 (1%)
Unknown	1,019 (5%)	2,022 (6%)	322 (7%)	649 (6%)

Outcomes (New Castle County)

9,097

Total count on 11/26/2020

163.5

rate per 10,000 people on 11/26/2020

Recoveries

376

Total count on 11/26/2020

5.9

rate per 10,000 people on 11/26/2020

Deaths

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
0-4	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
5-17	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
18-34		13 (2%)
35-49		20 (3%)
50-64	37 (10%)	98 (13%)	25 (20%)	36 (14%)
65+	325 (86%)	630 (83%)	99 (78%)	206 (80%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	194 (52%)	393 (52%)	63 (50%)	136 (53%)
Male	182 (48%)	368 (48%)	64 (50%)	122 (47%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	247 (66%)	505 (66%)	76 (60%)	182 (71%)
Non-Hispanic Black	94 (25%)	189 (25%)	46 (36%)	49 (19%)
Another/Multiple		12 (2%)
Hispanic/Latino		52 (7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander		2 (0%)
Unknown		1 (0%)

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