Latest COVID Data In Delaware County

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Coronavirus-specific hospitalization and new cases are down in Delaware County.

The latest data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health shows four of the six key coronavirus metrics in the county have increased, while two others are down.

Data shows new confirmed cases, the incidence rate per 100,000 people, the positive testing rate, and average ventilator use among COVID patients have increased over the last seven days.

New cases are down from 558 to 514.

The incidence rate per 100,000 people went from 98.5 to 90.7.

Delaware County's positive testing rate last week was 5.6 percent, and this week it is 5.5 percent.

The average number of COVID patients on ventilators is 6, up from 5.6 last week.

Average COVID-specific hospitalizations went down from 35 to 25.

The percent of patients showing up to emergency rooms with coronavirus-like illnesses dropped from 1.6 percent to 1.4 percent.

In the county, 312,236 people have been full vaccinated, 45,422 have been partially vaccinated, and 43,835 have received an additional dose of the vaccine as of Aug. 13.

As of Friday, 54,943 confirmed cases of the virus have been identified in the county and 1,515 people in Delaware County died from the virus.