Delaware County is approaching 4,000 new reported cases of COVID-19, with 3,895 new cases reported for Friday, May 1. That’s an additional 148 cases reported since Thursday April 30.

There were five additional Delaware County residents who lost their lives to COVID-19 reported May 1, bringing the county’s total number of COVID-19 dead to 240, 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 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 40
• Marple 38
• Yeadon 23
• Nether Providence 23
• Haverford 22
• Darby Borough 14
• Upper Darby 11
• Newtown 7
• Media 6
• Location Pending investigation, no municipality assigned 5
• Springfield 5
• Concord 5
• Lansdowne 5
• Ridley 5
• Radnor 4
• City of Chester 4
• Upper Chichester 3
• Sharon Hill 2
• Norwood 2
• Thornbury 2
• Clifton Heights 2
• Brookhaven 2
• Bethel 2
• Upper Providence 1
• Darby Township 1
• Collingdale 1
• Ridley Park 1
• Aston 1
• Aldan 1
• East Lansdowne 1
• Folcroft 1

The county’s total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases increased by 148 and now stands at 3,895.

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

There are 183 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 247 cases, affecting 2.15 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 658, affecting .79 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 658
• Yeadon 247
• Haverford Township 227
• City of Chester 201
• Marple 200
• Middletown Township 200
• Darby Borough 183
• Nether Providence 131
• Ridley Township 118
• Springfield 102
• Newtown 99
• Lansdowne 96
• Radnor 95
• Concord 92
• Media 88
• Aston 73
• Upper Chichester 74
• Collingdale 73
• Sharon Hill 61
• Upper Providence 55
• Folcroft 54
• Darby Township 49
• Aldan 47
• Chester Township 44
• Prospect Park 43
• Colwyn 40
• Clifton Heights 39
• Ridley Park 32
• Glenolden 30
• Brookhaven 30
• Norwood 28
• East Lansdowne 27
• Parkside 21
• Thornbury 20
• Swarthmore 18
• Tinicum 18
• Bethel 14
• Trainer 11
• Millbourne 11
• Upland 9
• Eddystone 9
• Morton 8
• Edgmont 8
• Marcus Hook 8
• Chester Heights 8
• Chadds Ford 4
• Rutledge 1

The county has had 9,060 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 1, that there are 1,208 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 46,971.

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

The state is reporting an increase of 62 deaths bringing the statewide total to 2,354 deaths in Pennsylvania.

Of those,1,560 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 29,855.  The northeast has the second highest number of cases, at 9,904.

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