Coronavirus Cases Surpass 7.5K In Delco, Recovery Rate Still High

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Coronavirus cases in Delaware County have surpassed 7,500 as of Friday, but the county's recovery rate is nearly 83 percent still.

According to the latest data on the virus's impact in the county provided Friday, 7,543 cases have been reported to date.

Nearly a third of all cases in the county have been in nursing home or long term care facility residents. As of Friday, 2,426 cases have been identified in those facilities, which is 32.2 percent of all cases.

Of all municipalities in the county, Upper Darby Borough has the most with 1,232. That's 16.3 percent of all cases in the county.

The locations of 281 cases has not been identified.

Yeadon Borough has the highest rate of infection of all municipalities, with 3.79 percent — or 435— of its 11,471 population seeing cases.

Men account for 43.04 percent of all cases and woman account for 56.96 percent of all cases.

To date, Delco has gotten 42,618 negative coronavirus test results and has an 82.6 percent recovery rate

Friday's data also shows the county has seen a total of 709 deaths.

Of those deaths, 566 — or 79.8 percent — have been nursing home or long term care facility residents.

Middletown Township still has the highest number of deaths in the county with 146, which is 20.6 percent of all deaths in the county.

Below is the percent of each municipality's population with the virus, total case counts, and deaths as of Friday:

• Aldan Borough — 1.59 percent of population; Cases: 66; Deaths: 2
• Aston Township — 0.77 percent of population; Cases: 129; Deaths: 4
• Bethel Township — 0.39 percent of population; Cases: 36; Deaths: 4
• Brookhaven Borough — 0.77 percent of population; Cases: 62; Deaths: 4
• Chadds Ford Township — 0.48 percent of population; Cases: 18; Deaths: 1
• Chester Heights Borough — 0.6 percent of population; Cases: 16; Deaths: 0
• Chester Township — 1.78 percent of population; Cases: 73; Deaths: 0
• City of Chester — 1.38 percent of population; Cases: 467; Deaths: 25
• Clifton Heights Borough — 1.06 percent of population; Cases: 71; Deaths: 3
• Collingdale Borough — 1.53 percent of population; Cases: 134; Deaths: 4
• Colwyn Borough — 2.79 percent of population; Cases: 71; Deaths: 2
• Concord Township — 1.55 percent of population; Cases: 273; Deaths: 31
• Darby Borough — 3.38 percent of population; Cases: 361; Deaths: 35
• Darby Township — 1.02 percent of population; Cases: 95; Deaths: 3
• East Lansdowne Borough — 1.73 percent of population; Cases: 46; Deaths: 5
• Eddystone Borough — 0.75 percent of population; Cases: 18; Deaths: 0
• Edgmont Township — 0.87 percent of population; Cases: 35; Deaths: 4
• Folcroft Borough — 1.59 percent of population; Cases: 105; Deaths: 1
• Glenolden Borough — 0.84 percent of population; Cases: 60; Deaths: 1
• Haverford Township — 0.74 percent of population; Cases: 365; Deaths: 60
• Lansdowne Borough — 1.53 percent of population; Cases: 163; Deaths: 8
• Location Unknown — 0 percent of population; Cases: 281; Deaths: 14
• Lower Chichester Township — 0.52 percent of population; Cases: 18; Deaths: 0
• Marcus Hook Borough — 1.08 percent of population; Cases: 26; Deaths: 0
• Marple Township — 1.63 percent of population; Cases: 386; Deaths: 95
• Media Borough — 3.09 percent of population; Cases: 165; Deaths: 27
• Middletown Township — 3.27 percent of population; Cases: 521; Deaths: 146
• Millbourne Borough — 1.82 percent of population; Cases: 21; Deaths: 0
• Morton Borough — 0.53 percent of population; Cases: 14; Deaths: 0
• Nether Providence Township — 1.68 percent of population; Cases: 232; Deaths: 42
• Newtown Township — 1.2 percent of population; Cases: 153; Deaths: 16
• Norwood Borough — 0.95 percent of population; Cases: 56; Deaths: 4
• Parkside Borough — 1.29 percent of population; Cases: 30; Deaths: 0
• Prospect Park Borough — 1.61 percent of population; Cases: 104; Deaths: 17
• Radnor Township — 0.64 percent of population; Cases: 203; Deaths: 23
• Ridley Park Borough — 0.67 percent of population; Cases: 47; Deaths: 2
• Ridley Township — 0.74 percent of population; Cases: 231; Deaths: 10
• Rose Valley Borough — 0.11 percent of population; Cases: 1; Deaths: 0
• Rutledge Borough — 0.38 percent of population; Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Sharon Hill Borough — 2.06 percent of population; Cases: 117; Deaths: 2
• Springfield Township — 0.85 percent of population; Cases: 207; Deaths: 15
• Swarthmore Borough — 0.48 percent of population; Cases: 31; Deaths: 1
• Thornbury Township — 0.45 percent of population; Cases: 35; Deaths: 2
• Tinicum Township — 0.83 percent of population; Cases: 34; Deaths: 0
• Trainer Borough — 1.52 percent of population; Cases: 28; Deaths: 1
• Upland Borough — 0.91 percent of population; Cases: 30; Deaths: 0
• Upper Chichester Township — 0.87 percent of population; Cases: 147; Deaths: 9
• Upper Darby Township — 1.48 percent of population; Cases: 1,232; Deaths: 36
• Upper Providence Township — 0.88 percent of population; Cases: 91; Deaths: 9
• Yeadon Borough — 3.79 percent of population; Cases: 435; Deaths: 41