198 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Delaware County Since Friday, 12 Deaths

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Since Friday, Delaware County has had 198 new COVID-19 cases reported, for a total of 5,667 cases in the county.

Twelve more Delaware County residents died from complications of COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 478, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Of that total number, 384 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county.

COVID-19 deaths have now been reported in 33 of the county’s 49 municipalities after Trainer reported one death.

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 91
  • Marple 74
  • Haverford 42
  • Yeadon 33
  • Nether Providence 34
  • Darby Borough 25
  • Upper Darby 23
  • Media 23
  • Concord 16
  • Radnor 16
  • No municipality assigned 12
  • City of Chester 13
  • Springfield 9
  • Newtown 9
  • Lansdowne 7
  • Upper Providence 7
  • Ridley 6
  • Upper Chichester 5
  • East Lansdowne 4
  • Norwood 3
  • Prospect Park 3
  • Bethel 3
  • Brookhaven 3
  • Sharon Hill 2
  • Thornbury 2
  • Clifton Heights 2
  • Darby Township 2
  • Collingdale 2
  • Colwyn 1
  • Ridley Park 1
  • Aston 1
  • Aldan 1
  • Folcroft 1
  • Trainer 1

The virus is now reported in all 49 municipalities.

There are 243 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 359 cases, affecting 3.13 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 894, affecting 1.08 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 894
  • Middletown Township 375
  • Yeadon 359
  • City of Chester 319
  • Marple 299
  • Haverford Township 298
  • Darby Borough 261
  • Concord 239
  • Nether Providence 208
  • Ridley Township 164
  • Radnor 159
  • Media 139
  • Springfield 130
  • Newtown 123
  • Lansdowne 119
  • Collingdale 102
  • Upper Chichester 101
  • Aston 92
  • Sharon Hill 84
  • Prospect Park 83
  • Folcroft 80
  • Upper Providence 68
  • Darby Township 66
  • Colwyn 61
  • Aldan 54
  • Chester Township 52
  • Glenolden 50
  • Clifton Heights 49
  • Brookhaven 43
  • East Lansdowne 37
  • Ridley Park 37
  • Norwood 36
  • Parkside 25
  • Tinicum 24
  • Swarthmore 24
  • Thornbury 21
  • Bethel 20
  • Marcus Hook 17
  • Upland 17
  • Millbourne 16
  • Trainer 14
  • Edgmont 13
  • Chester Heights 12
  • Eddystone 12
  • Morton 10
  • Chadds Ford 5
  • Rutledge 1
  • Rose Valley 1

The county has had 14,676 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, May 17, that there are 623 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 62,234.

The state is reporting 4,418 total deaths, an increase of 15 new deaths.

Of the total deaths reported, 3,057 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 positive confirmed cases in the state, at 40,117.  The next highest number of cases in the state is in the northeast, reporting 11,994 cases.

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

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