Nineteen more Delaware County residents have lost their lives to COVID-19 since Monday, bringing the total number of deaths in the county to 164 as of Tuesday, April 28, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.
Of that, 113 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county.
The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities listed by the Chester County Health Department in descending order of community:
- Marple 24
- Yeadon 20
- Middletown 19
- Nether Providence 17
- Haverford 17
- Darby Borough 14
- Upper Darby 10
- Newtown 7
- Location Pending investigation, no municipality assigned 6
- Springfield 4
- Lansdowne 3
- Sharon Hill 2
- Norwood 2
- Ridley 2
- Upper Chichester 2
- Thornbury 1
- Collingdale 1
- Ridley Park 1
- Clifton Heights 1
- Bethel 1
- Aston 1
- Concord 1
The county’s total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases increased by 109 and now stands at 3,514.
The virus is reported in 48 of the 49 municipalities, with no cases reported in Rose Valley.
There are 190 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has been listed.
Yeadon Borough continues to have the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. It has 229 cases, affecting 2 percent of its 11,471 population.
Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 589, affecting .71 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.
The following are the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County, listed by municipality in descending order of caseload.
- Upper Darby 589
- Yeadon 229
- Haverford Township 218
- City of Chester 175
- Marple 172
- Middletown Township 168
- Darby Borough 150
- Nether Providence 128
- Ridley Township 105
- Springfield 95
- Newtown 93
- Lansdowne 87
- Radnor 80
- Media 76
- Concord 70
- Aston 70
- Upper Chichester 69
- Collingdale 68
- Sharon Hill 55
- Folcroft 52
- Aldan 46
- Darby Township 43
- Chester Township 38
- Prospect Park 38
- Clifton Heights 36
- Upper Providence 35
- Upper Providence 35
- Colwyn 35
- Ridley Park 33
- Glenolden 28
- East Lansdowne 26
- Norwood 25
- Brookhaven 24
- Thornbury 20
- Parkside 20
- Swarthmore 18
- Tinicum 17
- Bethel 13
- Trainer 12
- Millbourne 9
- Upland 8
- Morton 8
- Edgmont 8
- Eddystone 8
- Marcus Hook 8
- Chester Heights 7
- Chadds Ford 5
- Rutledge 1
The county has had 8,122 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 28, that there are 1,214 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 43,264.
All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.
The state is reporting 1,716 deaths in Pennsylvania.
Of those, 1,089 were in nursing homes and personal care facilities.
The southeast region of the state, which includes Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester Counties, has the highest number of COVID-19 positive confirmed cases in the state, at 27,335. The northeast has the second highest number of cases, at 9,351.
For more information on state COVID-19 findings, click here.
