Coronavirus Update: 11 More Delaware County Residents Lose Their Lives to COVID-19, Bringing Total Deaths to 235

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There were 11 additional Delaware County residents who lost their lives to COVID-19 since April 29, bringing the total number of deaths in the county to 235, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Of that number, 113 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county.

COVID-19 deaths have now been reported in 30 of the county’s 49 municipalities.

The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities listed by the Chester County Health Department by community in descending order of deaths reported:

  • Middletown 40
  • Marple 35
  • Yeadon 23
  • Nether Providence 23
  • Haverford 22
  • Darby Borough 14
  • Upper Darby 11
  • Newtown 7
  • Location Pending investigation, no municipality assigned 5
  • Springfield 5
  • Concord 5
  • Lansdowne 5
  • Media 5
  • Ridley 5
  • Radnor 4
  • City of Chester 4
  • Upper Chichester 3
  • Sharon Hill 2
  • Norwood 2
  • Thornbury 2
  • Clifton Heights 2
  • Brookhaven 2
  • Upper Providence 1
  • Darby Township 1
  • Collingdale 1
  • Ridley Park 1
  • Bethel 1
  • Aston 1
  • Aldan 1
  • East Lansdowne 1
  • Folcroft 1

The county’s total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases increased by 75 and now stands at 3,747.

The virus is reported in 48 of the 49 municipalities, with no cases reported in Rose Valley.

There are 169 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has been assigned.

Yeadon Borough continues to have the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. It has 240 cases, affecting 2.09 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 620, affecting .75 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 620
  • Yeadon 240
  • Haverford Township 218
  • City of Chester 193
  • Marple 193
  • Middletown Township 193
  • Darby Borough 166
  • Nether Providence 128
  • Ridley Township 116
  • Springfield 100
  • Newtown 95
  • Lansdowne 95
  • Radnor 89
  • Concord 89
  • Media 86
  • Aston 72
  • Upper Chichester 72
  • Collingdale 72
  • Sharon Hill 58
  • Folcroft 54
  • Darby Township 48
  • Upper Providence 48
  • Aldan 47
  • Chester Township 42
  • Prospect Park 41
  • Colwyn 38
  • Clifton Heights 38
  • Ridley Park 32
  • Glenolden 30
  • Brookhaven 28
  • East Lansdowne 27
  • Norwood 27
  • Parkside 21
  • Thornbury 20
  • Swarthmore 18
  • Tinicum 18
  • Bethel 14
  • Trainer 11
  • Millbourne 10
  • Upland 9
  • Eddystone 9
  • Morton 8
  • Edgmont 8
  • Marcus Hook 8
  • Chester Heights 7
  • Chadds Ford 4
  • Rutledge 1

The county has had 8,673 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 30, that there are 1,397 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 45,763.

All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.

The state is reporting an increase of 97 deaths bringing the statewide total to 2,292 deaths in Pennsylvania.

Of those,1,505 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 29,046.  The northeast has the second highest number of cases, at 9,721.

For more information on state COVID-19 findings, click here.

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