Health & Fitness
Roughly 30 Percent Of Delco Coronavirus Tests Come Back Positive
County wide figures provided Wednesday show about 29 percent of coronavirus test results in Delaware County come back positive.
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Coronavirus figures in Delaware County released today show nearly 30 percent of coronavirus tests come back positive in the county.
Updated data reported online Wednesday shows to date the county has seen 6,736 negative test results.
However, Wednesday's data shows 2,798 positive cases in the county.
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In total, 9,535 people have been tested in Delaware County based on Wednesday's figures.
Broken down, that shows 29.34 percent of tests have come back positive. Conversely, 70.64 tests have come back negative.
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Wednesday's data shows an addition 19 deaths related to the virus, bringing the county's total to 124.
Of the 2,789 cases, the 124 deaths make up 4.43 percent, as of Wednesday.
Men account for 43.46 percent of cases and women account for 54.75 percent of cases; gender has not been identified for 1.79 percent of cases.
Below is age demographic information on Delaware County's cases:
- Under 10 — 23
- 10 to 19 — 44
- 20 to 29 — 357
- 30 to 39 — 395
- 40 to 49 — 436
- 50 to 59 — 553
- 60 to 69 — 437
- 70 to 79 — 231
- 80 and older — 322
Case and death totals for all Delaware County municipalities as of Wednesday is below:
- Aldan Borough — Cases: 14; Deaths: 0
- Aston Township — Cases: 37; Deaths: 1
- Bethel Township — Cases: 9; Deaths: 1
- Brookhaven Borough — Cases: 9; Deaths: 0
- Chadds Ford Township — Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
- Chester Heights Borough — Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
- Chester Township — Cases: 22; Deaths: 0
- City of Chester — Cases: 99; Deaths: 0
- Clifton Heights Borough — Cases: 15; Deaths: 1
- Collingdale Borough — Cases: 31; Deaths: 2
- Colwyn Borough — Cases: 17; Deaths: 0
- Concord Township — Cases: 36; Deaths: 1
- Darby Borough — Cases: 73; Deaths: 7
- Darby Township — Cases: 20; Deaths: 0
- East Lansdowne Borough — Cases: 17; Deaths: 0
- Eddystone Borough — Cases: 5; Deaths: 0
- Edgmont Township — Cases: 5; Deaths: 0
- Folcroft Borough — Cases: 19; Deaths: 0
- Glenolden Borough — Cases: 12; Deaths: 0
- Haverford Township — Cases: 145; Deaths: 9
- Lansdowne Borough — Cases: 47; Deaths: 2
- Location Pending Investigation — Cases: 972; Deaths: 12
- Lower Chichester Township — Cases: 1; Deaths: 0
- Marcus Hook Borough — Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
- Marple Township — Cases: 114; Deaths: 21
- Media Borough — Cases: 32; Deaths: 0
- Middletown Township — Cases: 95; Deaths: 16
- Millbourne Borough — Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
- Morton Borough — Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
- Nether Providence Township — Cases: 105; Deaths: 8
- Newtown Township — Cases: 56; Deaths: 5
- Norwood Borough — Cases: 10; Deaths: 2
- Parkside Borough — Cases: 11; Deaths: 0
- Prospect Park Borough — Cases: 19; Deaths: 0
- Radnor Township — Cases: 50; Deaths: 0
- Ridley Park Borough — Cases: 21; Deaths: 1
- Ridley Township — Cases: 56; Deaths: 2
- Rose Valley Borough — Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
- Rutledge Borough — Cases: 0; Deaths: 0
- Sharon Hill Borough — Cases: 24; Deaths: 2
- Springfield Township — Cases: 45; Deaths: 3
- Swarthmore Borough — Cases: 13; Deaths: 0
- Thornbury Township — Cases: 30; Deaths: 0
- Tinicum Township — Cases: 9; Deaths: 0
- Trainer Borough — Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
- Upland Borough — Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
- Upper Chichester Township — Cases: 29; Deaths: 0
- Upper Darby Township — Cases: 288; Deaths: 10
- Upper Providence Township — Cases: 18; Deaths: 0
- Yeadon Borough — Cases: 138; Deaths: 17
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