By Matt Bittle

DOVER — COVID-19 hospitalizations have reached their lowest mark this year. As of 6 p.m. Friday, 114 people were hospitalized here due to complications stemming from coronavirus, the fewest in four months.

According to data from the Division of Public Health, there have now been 88,139 COVID cases in Delaware, including 1,464 deaths.

Just 12 people were critically ill.

There were 80,585 cases, 142 hospitalizations and 1,458 deaths one week ago, with 55,025 cases, 263 hospitalizations and 1,399 fatalities four weeks ago.

Eleven deaths were added to DPH data in the latest update. All of those individuals had underlying health issues. Six were in nursing homes.

Delaware had administered 263,864 doses, with 71,641 remaining. Most of those are from Pfizer or Moderna, with 10,400 from the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

New Castle County has seen 50,449 cases and 722 deaths, while there have been 14,605 cases and 302 fatalities in Kent County and 22,890 and 440, respectively, in Sussex County.

In the most recent update, DPH reported 3% of tests were positive, while the seven-day average, a key metric used by state officials, was 4.5%.

Just 3% of deaths have involved individuals younger than 50, including only two under age 18. Those who are 65 and older make up 79% of deaths but 14% of cases.

Residents of long-term care centers account for 48% of deaths.

Forty-eight percent of cases and 70% of deaths involve White residents of the state, while 22% of cases and deaths involve Black Delawareans. Hispanic and Latino Delawareans make up 16% of cases but only 5% of deaths. Delawareans of other races account for 13% of cases and 2% of deaths.

Females account for 53% of cases and 50% of fatalities here.

In total, 632,292 Delawareans, or more than half the state’s population, have been tested. About 1.43 million individual tests have been taken here.