Sussex 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.

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

Average

Percent Positive

Trend Line

Average

Percent Positive

Trend Line

Average

New Cases

Trend Line

A data entry error resulted in the incorrect total hospitalizations in Sussex County to be displayed for Nov. 12, 2020. The correct total was 49 hospitalizations as of that date. The chart has been updated to reflect that information.

Current Hospitalizations (Sussex County)

Trend Line

Cumulative Number of Positive Cases

State of Delaware

Sussex 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 (10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020)

Overall rating

Minimal-to-Moderate

Schools are partially open

New cases rate

(per 100,000 people)

154.6

Significant

More than 100

% of tests that are positive

5.2%

Minimal-to-Moderate

1 to 8%

Avg. daily hospitalizations

(per 100,000 people)

22.8

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)
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	154.6	5.2	22.8
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	140.9	4.8	21.3
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020	Minimal-to-Moderate	124.7	4.8	18.7

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

Sussex County

84,624 38,546.1 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

377,364

Sussex County

128,706 58,625.3 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

616,447

Total Persons Tested Total Tests

84,624

Total count on 11/14/2020

38,546.1

rate per 100,000 people on 11/14/2020

Total Persons Tested

128,706

Total count on 11/14/2020

58,625.3

rate per 100,000 people on 11/14/2020

Total Tests

75,692

Total count on 11/14/2020

3,447.8

rate per 10,000 people on 11/14/2020

Persons Tested Negative

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	47,784	178,618	101,511	20,471
Non-Hispanic Black	8,639	68,606	45,219	10,420
Another/Multiple	7,430	32,131	19,502	2,745
Hispanic/Latino	7,258	29,199	18,373	2,319
Asian/Pacific Islander	594	8,411	6,915	653
Unknown	12,919	60,399	32,094	11,954

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Hispanic/Latino	3,617.4	3,382.8	3,397.9	1,903.9
Non-Hispanic Black	3,200.6	3,268.6	3,262.4	2,352.6
Non-Hispanic White	2,643.5	2,727.4	2,834.1	1,765.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,079.1	2,261.0	2,247.0	1,830.2

Cases (Sussex County)

Total Positive Cases

8,932 455.7 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

8,227

Probable

705

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

28,395

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	128.1	99.7	102.0	61.0
5-17	213.4	148.7	145.5	90.1
18-34	720.9	428.9	389.4	285.1
35-49	627.1	379.5	320.8	304.1
50-64	369.4	293.3	266.8	266.0
65+	263.5	257.9	258.5	240.0

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	411.4	313.7	296.6	240.4
Male	400.3	282.4	254.1	219.1

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Hispanic/Latino	1,162.3	687.3	579.6	370.3
Non-Hispanic Black	554.2	343.6	318.7	289.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	262.5	116.4	93.3	199.0
Non-Hispanic White	219.1	177.0	163.5	151.3

0-4

5-17

18-34

35-49

50-64

65+

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
0-4	145 (2%)	547 (2%)	332 (2%)	67 (2%)
5-17	647 (7%)	2,209 (8%)	1,290 (8%)	267 (7%)
18-34	2,687 (30%)	9,112 (32%)	5,203 (34%)	1,185 (29%)
35-49	2,102 (24%)	6,460 (23%)	3,394 (22%)	940 (23%)
50-64	1,843 (21%)	5,756 (20%)	3,017 (20%)	885 (22%)
65+	1,508 (17%)	4,311 (15%)	2,105 (14%)	683 (17%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	4,653 (52%)	15,370 (54%)	8,491 (55%)	2,177 (54%)
Male	4,260 (48%)	12,980 (46%)	6,831 (45%)	1,846 (46%)
Unknown		45 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	3,960 (44%)	11,593 (41%)	5,855 (38%)	1,755 (44%)
Hispanic/Latino	2,332 (26%)	5,932 (21%)	3,134 (20%)	451 (11%)
Non-Hispanic Black	1,496 (17%)	7,211 (25%)	4,417 (29%)	1,281 (32%)
Another/Multiple	451 (5%)	1,367 (5%)	735 (5%)	173 (4%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	75 (1%)	433 (2%)	287 (2%)	71 (2%)
Unknown	618 (7%)	1,859 (7%)	913 (6%)	296 (7%)

Outcomes (Sussex County)

4,776

Total count on 11/14/2020

249.9

rate per 10,000 people on 11/14/2020

Recoveries

248

Total count on 11/14/2020

7.1

rate per 10,000 people on 11/14/2020

Deaths

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
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		19 (3%)
50-64	33 (13%)	94 (13%)	36 (10%)	25 (20%)
65+	199 (80%)	610 (83%)	317 (87%)	94 (77%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Female	132 (53%)	378 (51%)	185 (51%)	61 (50%)
Male	116 (47%)	358 (49%)	181 (49%)	61 (50%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	Sussex	State of Delaware	New Castle	Kent
Non-Hispanic White	173 (70%)	483 (66%)	239 (65%)	71 (58%)
Non-Hispanic Black	48 (19%)	186 (25%)	92 (25%)	46 (38%)
Another/Multiple		12 (2%)
Hispanic/Latino		52 (7%)
Asian/Pacific Islander		2 (0%)
Unknown		1 (0%)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Data Dashboard

Sussex County

Overview

Sussex County's Latest Status

Key Public Health Metrics

Positive Cases in Sussex County

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

Deaths in Sussex County

Trends: Sussex County over the Last 14 Days

Percent Positive

New Positive Cases

Current Hospitalizations

Cumulative Number of Positive Cases

Cases by County (Cumulative)

School Reopening Criteria

Current Status

Breakdown of This Week's Status (10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020)

Planning Scenarios for Schools

Status by Week

Testing

Latest Status

Testing Totals in Sussex County

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

Total Tests in Comparable Location

Trends

Testing Totals

Persons Tested Negative

Demographics

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Total Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Cases (Sussex County)

Latest Status

Total Positive Cases in Sussex County

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

Demographics

Positive Cases per 10,000 Population by Age Group

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Count of Positive Cases by Age Group

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Outcomes (Sussex County)

Trends

Recoveries

Deaths

Demographics

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

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