COVID hospitalizations lowest since October

By Matt Bittle
Posted 3/7/21

DOVER — Recent COVID-19 trends continue to show positive signs, with the state hitting its lowest hospitalization total in more than five months.

Data from the Delaware Division of Public …

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COVID hospitalizations lowest since October

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DOVER — Recent COVID-19 trends continue to show positive signs, with the state hitting its lowest hospitalization total in more than five months.

Data from the Delaware Division of Public Health shows as of 6 p.m. Saturday 104 people were hospitalized here due to complications stemming from coronavirus, the fewest since the end of October. Just 13 of those individuals were critically ill.

DPH reported 3% of tests were positive, while the seven-day average, a key metric used by state officials, was 4.5%. Nine deaths were added to DPH data in the latest update. All of those individuals had underlying health issues, and five were in nursing homes.

In total, the state has seen 88,354 cases, with 1,473 deaths, over the past year.

There were 86,795 cases, 151 hospitalizations and 1,464 deaths one week ago, with 80,587 cases, 243 hospitalizations and 1,402 fatalities four weeks ago.

Delaware had administered 268,424 doses, with 70,981 remaining. Most of those are from Pfizer or Moderna, with 10,400 from the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

New Castle County has seen 50,614 cases and 728 deaths, while there have been 14,627 cases and 304 fatalities in Kent County and 22,918 and 441, respectively, in Sussex County.

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, although that share has declined over the months.

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.

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