New Castle County

Overview

Data are current as of 6pm the previous day. Last update: 09/18/2020 6:25 PM.

Total Positive Cases

9,480* 167.3 per 10,000 people

*The Division of Public Health identified a technical issue in its contact tracing system software that caused duplicate records to be included in the cumulative number of positive cases displayed Sept. 15 - Sept. 17. The duplicate records have been excluded, which is reflected in today’s update. As a result, the increase to the overall total number of positive cases is less than the number of new cases reported yesterday. Please see the graph below titled, “New Positive Cases” for the breakdown of new positive cases reported.

Confirmed

9,282

Probable

198

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

19,366

Total Deaths

307 4.8 per 10,000 people

Confirmed

260

Probable

47

Trends: New Castle County over the Last 14 Days

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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.

Average

Percent Who Tested Positive

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Average

New Cases

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Cumulative Number of Positive Cases

Deaths

State of Delaware

New Castle County

Testing

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New Castle County

153,150 2,758.8 per 10,000 people

Total Persons Tested in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

268,638

153,150

Total count on 09/18/2020

2,758.8

rate per 10,000 people on 09/18/2020

Total Persons Tested

143,670

Total count on 09/18/2020

2,588.0

rate per 10,000 people on 09/18/2020

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	66,741	120,740	13,187	34,564
Non-Hispanic Black	30,799	48,023	7,152	6,777
Hispanic/Latino	11,703	20,356	1,582	6,119
Another/Multiple	11,536	18,946	1,703	4,236
Asian/Pacific Islander	4,367	5,464	460	461
Unknown	28,004	55,109	11,560	11,941

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Persons Tested by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic Black	2,222.0	2,288.0	1,614.7	2,510.7
Hispanic/Latino	2,164.4	2,358.3	1,298.9	3,049.7
Non-Hispanic White	1,863.3	1,843.6	1,137.2	1,912.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,419.0	1,468.8	1,289.2	1,613.6

Cases (New Castle County)

Total Positive Cases

9,480* 167.3 per 10,000 people

*The Division of Public Health identified a technical issue in its contact tracing system software that caused duplicate records to be included in the cumulative number of positive cases displayed Sept. 15 - Sept. 17. The duplicate records have been excluded, which is reflected in today’s update. As a result, the increase to the overall total number of positive cases is less than the number of new cases reported yesterday. Please see the graph below titled, “New Positive Cases” for the breakdown of new positive cases reported.

Confirmed

9,282

Probable

198

Positive Cases in Comparable Location

State of Delaware

19,366

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	49.5	56.5	34.6	92.8
5-17	69.6	85.0	50.3	148.1
18-34	235.7	294.4	198.5	561.6
35-49	200.4	267.4	218.3	490.1
50-64	175.8	204.3	191.7	261.8
65+	177.4	178.1	180.6	170.2

Rate of Cases by Sex

Rate of Cases by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	184.1	212.4	168.2	297.1
Male	156.0	194.2	155.6	300.7

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Rate of Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Hispanic/Latino	379.9	523.1	271.8	1,022.7
Non-Hispanic Black	213.4	245.2	212.5	424.2
Non-Hispanic White	89.6	106.8	99.8	135.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	50.0	68.5	137.3	168.0

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	161 (2%)	310 (2%)	38 (1%)	105 (2%)
5-17	617 (7%)	1,263 (7%)	149 (5%)	449 (7%)
18-34	3,149 (33%)	6,254 (32%)	825 (29%)	2,093 (32%)
35-49	2,120 (22%)	4,553 (24%)	675 (24%)	1,643 (25%)
50-64	1,988 (21%)	4,009 (21%)	638 (22%)	1,306 (20%)
65+	1,445 (15%)	2,977 (15%)	514 (18%)	974 (15%)

Total Cases by Sex

Total Cases by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	5,270 (56%)	10,407 (54%)	1,523 (54%)	3,360 (51%)
Male	4,195 (44%)	8,926 (46%)	1,311 (46%)	3,200 (49%)
Unknown		33 (0%)

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity

Total Cases by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	3,208 (34%)	6,992 (36%)	1,157 (41%)	2,443 (37%)
Non-Hispanic Black	2,958 (31%)	5,147 (27%)	941 (33%)	1,145 (17%)
Hispanic/Latino	2,054 (22%)	4,515 (23%)	331 (12%)	2,052 (31%)
Another/Multiple	420 (4%)	901 (5%)	117 (4%)	335 (5%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	154 (2%)	255 (1%)	49 (2%)	48 (1%)
Unknown	686 (7%)	1,556 (8%)	244 (9%)	547 (8%)

Outcomes (New Castle County)

4,855

Total count on 09/18/2020

86.2

rate per 10,000 people on 09/18/2020

Recoveries

307

Total count on 09/18/2020

4.8

rate per 10,000 people on 09/18/2020

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		12 (2%)
35-49		16 (3%)
50-64	29 (9%)	79 (13%)	23 (20%)	27 (14%)
65+	267 (87%)	513 (83%)	88 (78%)	158 (79%)

Total Deaths by Sex

Total Deaths by Sex & County

Sex	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Female	158 (51%)	325 (52%)	57 (50%)	110 (55%)
Male	149 (49%)	295 (48%)	56 (50%)	90 (45%)

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity

Total Deaths by Race/Ethnicity & County

Race/Ethnicity	New Castle	State of Delaware	Kent	Sussex
Non-Hispanic White	200 (65%)	399 (64%)	67 (59%)	132 (66%)
Non-Hispanic Black	76 (25%)	160 (26%)	42 (37%)	42 (21%)
Another/Multiple		12 (2%)
Hispanic/Latino		48 (8%)
Asian/Pacific Islander		1 (0%)

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