Coronavirus Update: 6 More COVID-19 Deaths in Delaware County, Total County Is at 326

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Six more Delaware County residents lost their lives to complications of COVID-19, bringing the county’s death toll to 326, as of Wednesday, May 6, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Of that total number, 242 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county.

COVID-19 deaths have been reported in 31 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 52
  • Marple 52
  • Haverford 30
  • Yeadon 30
  • Nether Providence 29
  • Darby Borough 18
  • Upper Darby 16
  • No municipality assigned 10
  • Media 10
  • Concord 8
  • Newtown 8
  • Radnor 8
  • City of Chester 6
  • Springfield 6
  • Lansdowne 6
  • Ridley 6
  • Upper Providence 4
  • Upper Chichester 3
  • Norwood 3
  • Sharon Hill 2
  • Thornbury 2
  • Clifton Heights 2
  • Brookhaven 2
  • Bethel 2
  • Darby Township 2
  • Collingdale 2
  • East Lansdowne 2
  • Ridley Park 1
  • Aston 1
  • Aldan 1
  • Folcroft 1

There were 104 new positive tests of of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Wednesday, May 6, bringing the total number of cases to 4,430, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

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

There are 203 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 269 cases, affecting 2.35 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 736, affecting .89 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 736
  • Yeadon 269
  • Middletown Township 265
  • Haverford Township 249
  • City of Chester 233
  • Marple 231
  • Darby Borough 207
  • Nether Providence 188
  • Ridley Township 127
  • Concord 109
  • Springfield 105
  • Lansdowne 104
  • Newtown 103
  • Radnor 101
  • Media 100
  • Upper Chichester 86
  • Collingdale 84
  • Aston 79
  • Sharon Hill 72
  • Upper Providence 64
  • Folcroft 60
  • Prospect Park 58
  • Darby Township 57
  • Aldan 47
  • Chester Township 46
  • Colwyn 42
  • Clifton Heights 41
  • Glenolden 37
  • Norwood 35
  • Brookhaven 34
  • Ridley Park 33
  • East Lansdowne 31
  • Parkside 23
  • Swarthmore 21
  • Thornbury 20
  • Tinicum 19
  • Bethel 15
  • Marcus Hook 12
  • Trainer 12
  • Millbourne 11
  • Upland 11
  • Chester Heights 10
  • Eddystone 9
  • Morton 9
  • Edgmont 9
  • Chadds Ford 4
  • Rutledge 1

The county has had 10,519 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 6, that there are 888 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 51,845.

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

The state is reporting an increase of 94 new deaths, bringing the statewide total to 3,106 deaths in Pennsylvania.

Of those, 2,108 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 33,133.  The northeast has the second highest number of cases, at 10,677.

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

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