Coronavirus Update: Delaware County Tops 5,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 395 Deaths

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Delaware County has 5,032 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, May 10, an increase of 293 cases since Friday, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Delaware County also lost 13 more residents to the coronavirus, bringing the county’s death toll to 395.

Of that total number, 306 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county.

COVID-19 deaths have been reported in 32 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 73
  • Marple 64
  • Yeadon 33
  • Haverford 34
  • Nether Providence 31
  • Darby Borough 19
  • Upper Darby 18
  • Media 16
  • Concord 13
  • No municipality assigned 10
  • Radnor 10
  • Springfield 9
  • Newtown 9
  • City of Chester 7
  • Lansdowne 7
  • Ridley 6
  • Upper Providence 6
  • East Lansdowne 4
  • Upper Chichester 3
  • Norwood 3
  • Sharon Hill 2
  • Thornbury 2
  • Clifton Heights 2
  • Brookhaven 2
  • Bethel 2
  • Darby Township 2
  • Collingdale 2
  • Prospect Park 1
  • Ridley Park 1
  • Aston 1
  • Aldan 1
  • Folcroft 1

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

There are 278 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 332 cases, affecting 2.89 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 806, affecting .97 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 806
  • Yeadon 332
  • Middletown Township 316
  • City of Chester 285
  • Haverford Township 270
  • Marple 257
  • Darby Borough 239
  • Nether Providence 198
  • Ridley Township 143
  • Media 137
  • Concord 124
  • Lansdowne 115
  • Springfield 112
  • Newtown 110
  • Radnor 107
  • Collingdale 93
  • Upper Chichester 90
  • Aston 84
  • Sharon Hill 74
  • Folcroft 72
  • Prospect Park 64
  • Upper Providence 63
  • Darby Township 59
  • Aldan 53
  • Colwyn 52
  • Chester Township 49
  • Glenolden 46
  • Clifton Heights 44
  • Brookhaven 38
  • Norwood 35
  • Ridley Park 34
  • East Lansdowne 34
  • Parkside 24
  • Tinicum 22
  • Swarthmore 21
  • Thornbury 20
  • Bethel 17
  • Millbourne 17
  • Marcus Hook 16
  • Trainer 13
  • Upland 13
  • Chester Heights 11
  • Edgmont 11
  • Eddystone 9
  • Morton 9
  • Chadds Ford 4
  • Rutledge 1

The county has had 12,062 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, Sunday May 10, that there are 1,295 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 56,611.

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

The state is reporting an increase of 19 new deaths today, bringing the statewide total to 3,707 deaths in Pennsylvania.

Of those, 2,529 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 36,452.  The next highest number of cases in the state is in the northeast, reporting 11,236 cases.

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

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