By Matt Bittle

DOVER — The number of COVID-related hospitalizations declined by eight in the latest update. As of 6 p.m. Friday, 146 Delawareans were hospitalized with coronavirus.

There have been 89,203 cases in total, with 1,577 deaths, according to data from the Delaware Division of Public Health. Just 19 people were critically ill in the latest update.

Over the past week, 5.4% of tests, a key metric for state officials, were positive.

There were 96,070 cases, 142 hospitalizations and 1,571 deaths one week ago, with 90,533 cases, 89 hospitalizations and 1,553 fatalities four weeks ago.

Delaware had administered 556,528 doses, with 132,327 remaining. Most of those are from Pfizer or Moderna.

New Castle County has seen 57,630 cases and 787 deaths, while there have been 16,184 cases and 325 fatalities in Kent County and 24,184 and 465, 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 83% of deaths but 14% of cases.

Residents of long-term care centers account for 47% of deaths, although that share has declined since the start of the pandemic.

Forty-eight percent of cases and 70% of deaths involve White residents of the state, while 23% 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, 673,728 Delawareans, or about two-thirds the state’s population, have been tested. About 1.62 million individual tests have been taken here.

Staff writer Matt Bittle can be reached at 741-8250 or mbittle@newszap.com. Follow @MatthewCBittle on Twitter.