Delaware County has reached a sad milestone as of Monday, April 20 with 100 COVID-19 deaths now being reported in the county, up nine from Sunday, April 19, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.
Of those 100 deaths, 68 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The following is a community breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities by descending order of number of deaths:
- Marple 18
- Yeadon 16
- Middletown 15
- Haverford 8
- Nether Providence 8
- Upper Darby 7
- Darby Borough 6
- Under investigation, community pending 5
- Springfield 3
- Sharon Hill 2
- Lansdowne 2
- Newtown 2
- Norwood 2
- Ridley 2
- Ridley Park 1
- City of Chester 1
- Clifton Heights 1
- Collingdale 1
The county’s total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases has increased by 85 and is now at 2,545.
The virus is reported in 47 of the 49 municipalities, with no cases reported in Rutledge and Lower Chichester.
Yeadon Borough has the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. It has 120 cases, affecting 1.05 percent of its 11,471 population.
Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 262, affecting .32 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.
There are 876 reported cases under investigation, to which no community has been assigned.
The following are the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County, listed by municipality in descending order of caseload.
- Upper Darby 262
- Haverford Township 139
- Yeadon 120
- Marple 106
- Nether Providence 104
- Middletown Township 84
- City of Chester 81
- Darby Borough 71
- Ridley Township 52
- Radnor 49
- Newtown 48
- Springfield 42
- Lansdowne 41
- Aston 33
- Concord 32
- Thornbury 30
- Collingdale 29
- Media 28
- Upper Chichester 27
- Sharon Hill 23
- Chester Township 21
- Darby Township 20
- Ridley Park 18
- Upper Providence 18
- Folcroft 17
- East Lansdowne 16
- Prospect Park 15
- Clifton Heights 14
- Colwyn 14
- Aldan 12
- Swarthmore 12
- Norwood 10
- Parkside 10
- Glenolden 9
- Brookhaven 8
- Bethel 8
- Tinicum 8
- Trainer 7
- Morton 6
- Edgmont 5
- Eddystone 5
- Marcus Hook 4
- Millbourne 3
- Chadds Ford 3
- Chester Heights 2
- Rose Valley 2
- Upland 1
The county had 6,393 people test negative for the virus.
Click here to access the latest data on Delaware County from the Chester County Health Department.
For information and resources concerning the coronavirus, visit the county website here.
Pennsylvania data
The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed as of midnight, April 20, that there are 948 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 33,232. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.
The state reported 92 new deaths among positive cases, bringing the statewide total to 1,204.
Of those, 682 were in nursing homes and personal care facilities.
For more information on state COVID-19 findings, click here.
