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Sussex County

Sussex County

Population: 229,087
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Overview

Sussex County's Latest Status

Data are current as of 6pm the previous day. Last update: 02/20/2021 12:24 PM.

In-Person Contagious School Cases Dashboard

This new dashboard contains information about COVID-19 cases in Delaware's schools.

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New Positive Cases per Week (per 100,000 Population)

Key Public Health Metrics

5.9%
Positivity Rate (7-day Average)
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60
New Positive Cases
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Positive Cases in Sussex County

Total Positive Cases
22,253 1,100.0 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
20,736
Probable
1,517

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
84,531

Deaths in Sussex County

Total Deaths
420 10.7 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
397
Probable
23

Weekly Community Spread Summary

Note about Updates to This Section

This section has been updated to provide a weekly snapshot measuring the level of COVID-19 community spread in the State of Delaware. The School Reopening dashboard has been replaced with a weekly community spread summary. The previous School Reopening dashboard was based on the State’s understanding of COVID-19 at the time it was developed, in August 2020. We have learned a lot since the summer months and no longer believe that the reopening dashboard was an accurate reflection of the conditions in our schools. The Division of Public Health (DPH) will continue to work closely with school leaders to monitor conditions. A new dashboard reflecting data about in-person attendance and cases among students and staff in schools - including district level data - has been added to the My Healthy Community COVID-19 data portal. It can be found here.

Breakdown of This Week's Status

02/06/2021 - 02/12/2021

Updated: Every Monday
New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
279.6
Percent of tests that are positive
6.6%
Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
24.2

Unlike other COVID data on My Healthy Community, historical data presented on the weekly community spread summary are not updated daily. These data are updated on Mondays. This is to allow for complete reporting of the week's test data.

Status by Week

New cases rate
(per 100,000 people)
Percent of tests that are positive Avg. daily hospitalizations
(per 100,000 people)
02/06/2021 - 02/12/2021 279.6 6.6 24.2
01/30/2021 - 02/05/2021 296.3 7.9 31.2
01/23/2021 - 01/29/2021 431.6 9.3 37.6
01/16/2021 - 01/22/2021 523.9 11.1 47.1
01/09/2021 - 01/15/2021 555.4 11.0 47.9
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01/02/2021 - 01/08/2021 704.9 12.9 40.6
12/26/2020 - 01/01/2021 462.4 11.4 35.4
12/19/2020 - 12/25/2020 428.2 9.2 35.8
12/12/2020 - 12/18/2020 521.7 10.2 31.3
12/05/2020 - 12/11/2020 465.4 11.1 28.2
11/28/2020 - 12/04/2020 323.2 10.6 25.0
11/21/2020 - 11/27/2020 278.8 6.7 20.4
11/14/2020 - 11/20/2020 282.2 6.2 18.7
11/07/2020 - 11/13/2020 200.2 6.8 20.7
10/31/2020 - 11/06/2020 154.6 5.2 22.8
10/24/2020 - 10/30/2020 140.9 4.8 21.3
10/17/2020 - 10/23/2020 124.7 4.8 18.7
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Testing

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.

Latest Status

Test Rates by Zip Code and Week

Testing Totals in Sussex County

Sussex County
138,945 63,289.2 per 100,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
615,449
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Sussex County
266,710 121,485.8 per 100,000 people

Total Tests in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
1,348,654
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Demographics

Updated: 02/20/2021

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 83,244 302,093 163,770 40,162
Non-Hispanic Black 13,931 113,754 73,457 19,756
Hispanic/Latino 12,175 53,099 33,856 4,991
Another/Multiple 11,399 57,165 35,629 5,864
Asian/Pacific Islander 1,084 15,420 12,522 1,416
Unknown 17,112 73,918 40,750 13,073
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Sussex County
Updated: 02/20/2021

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 6,068.1 6,151.8 6,261.4 4,097.7
Non-Hispanic Black 5,161.2 5,419.6 5,299.6 4,460.4
Non-Hispanic White 4,605.2 4,612.8 4,572.2 3,463.4
Asian/Pacific Islander 3,794.2 4,145.2 4,068.9 3,968.6
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Sussex County

Cases (Sussex County)

Latest Status

Movement of the Disease over Time

This animated map shows the rate of new cases of COVID-19 across Delaware as a 7 day average. We can see the period during the summer when the disease was less prevalent, and the areas of the State where people were hit hardest.
This animated map shows the cumulative rate of positive tests when COVID-19 began in Delaware in March and April 2020. The maps depict the arrival of this disease in Delaware, with some areas of the State experiencing much higher rates of infection.

Total Positive Cases in Sussex County

Total Positive Cases
22,253 1,100.0 per 10,000 people
Confirmed
20,736
Probable
1,517

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware
84,531

Demographics

Positive Cases per 10,000 Population by Age Group

0-4
5-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Cases by Age

Rate of Cases by Age & County

Age Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
0-4 457.8 428.4 444.3 346.6
5-17 717.5 628.3 646.3 478.7
18-34 1,557.2 1,185.3 1,140.8 980.5
35-49 1,383.9 1,083.2 1,008.9 995.3
50-64 969.8 875.8 829.4 884.1
65+ 741.2 714.9 679.6 750.9
Total Population by Age for Sussex County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
Female 1,022.3 909.9 890.6 819.2
Male 1,001.6 867.1 836.8 784.6
Updated: 02/20/2021

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
Hispanic/Latino 2,034.5 1,622.4 1,574.0 1,143.7
Non-Hispanic Black 1,138.1 908.7 871.7 879.2
Non-Hispanic White 696.3 618.4 582.0 605.3
Asian/Pacific Islander 644.0 472.8 418.5 798.8
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Sussex County

Count of Positive Cases by Age Group

0-4
5-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Cases by Age

Total Cases by Age & County

Age Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
0-4 518 (2%) 2,350 (3%) 1,446 (3%) 381 (3%)
5-17 2,175 (10%) 9,335 (11%) 5,729 (12%) 1,418 (10%)
18-34 5,804 (26%) 25,181 (30%) 15,243 (32%) 4,075 (29%)
35-49 4,639 (21%) 18,441 (22%) 10,675 (22%) 3,077 (22%)
50-64 4,838 (22%) 17,187 (20%) 9,379 (20%) 2,942 (21%)
65+ 4,242 (19%) 11,948 (14%) 5,535 (12%) 2,137 (15%)
Unknown 37 (0%) 89 (0%) 40 (0%) 12 (0%)
Total Population by Age for Sussex County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
Female 11,563 (52%) 44,578 (53%) 25,494 (53%) 7,418 (53%)
Male 10,660 (48%) 39,851 (47%) 22,498 (47%) 6,612 (47%)
Unknown 30 (0%) 102 (0%) 55 (0%) 12 (0%)
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
Non-Hispanic White 12,586 (57%) 40,499 (48%) 20,846 (43%) 7,019 (50%)
Hispanic/Latino 4,082 (18%) 14,004 (17%) 8,511 (18%) 1,393 (10%)
Non-Hispanic Black 3,072 (14%) 19,073 (23%) 12,083 (25%) 3,894 (28%)
Another/Multiple 1,213 (5%) 5,009 (6%) 2,973 (6%) 783 (6%)
Asian/Pacific Islander 184 (1%) 1,759 (2%) 1,288 (3%) 285 (2%)
Unknown 1,116 (5%) 4,187 (5%) 2,346 (5%) 668 (5%)
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Sussex County

Deaths (Sussex County)

Demographics

Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Deaths by Age

Total Deaths by Age & County

Age Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
0-4
1 (0%)
5-17
1 (0%)
18-34
14 (1%)
35-49
28 (2%)
50-64 49 (12%) 160 (12%) 75 (11%) 36 (13%)
65+ 316 (75%) 1,074 (79%) 526 (80%) 232 (81%)
Unknown 37 (9%) 88 (6%) 39 (6%) 12 (4%)
Total Population by Age for Sussex County
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
Male 210 (50%) 680 (50%) 332 (50%) 138 (48%)
Female 210 (50%) 686 (50%) 327 (50%) 149 (52%)
Updated: 02/20/2021

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity Sussex State of Delaware New Castle Kent
Non-Hispanic White 314 (75%) 954 (70%) 456 (69%) 184 (64%)
Non-Hispanic Black 76 (18%) 311 (23%) 145 (22%) 90 (31%)
Another/Multiple
15 (1%)
Hispanic/Latino
73 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander
11 (1%)
Unknown
2 (0%)
Total Population by Race/Ethnicity for Sussex County