COVID-19 Cases Now at 4,739 in Delaware County, Death Toll at 382

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Delaware County has 4,739 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, May 8, an increase of 185 cases since the day before, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Delaware County also lost seven more residents to the coronavirus, bringing the county’s death toll to 382.

Of that total number, 295 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 56
  • Yeadon 33
  • Haverford 32
  • Nether Providence 29
  • Darby Borough 19
  • Upper Darby 18
  • Media 16
  • Concord 13
  • No municipality assigned 10
  • Springfield 9
  • Newtown 9
  • Radnor 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 226 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 313 cases, affecting 2.73 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 771, affecting .93 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 773
  • Yeadon 313
  • City of Chester 272
  • Middletown Township 272
  • Haverford Township 255
  • Marple 236
  • Darby Borough 231
  • Nether Providence 195
  • Media 136
  • Ridley Township 134
  • Concord 120
  • Lansdowne 111
  • Newtown 108
  • Springfield 107
  • Radnor 103
  • Collingdale 90
  • Upper Chichester 89
  • Aston 84
  • Sharon Hill 72
  • Folcroft 65
  • Upper Providence 62
  • Prospect Park 61
  • Darby Township 57
  • Aldan 50
  • Chester Township 47
  • Colwyn 44
  • Clifton Heights 42
  • Glenolden 42
  • Brookhaven 37
  • Norwood 35
  • Ridley Park 33
  • East Lansdowne 33
  • Parkside 24
  • Swarthmore 21
  • Thornbury 20
  • Tinicum 20
  • Bethel 15
  • Millbourne 14
  • Marcus Hook 13
  • Trainer 13
  • Upland 12
  • Chester Heights 10
  • Eddystone 10
  • Edgmont 10
  • Morton 9
  • Chadds Ford 4
  • Rutledge 1

The county has had 11,220 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 8, that there are 1,323 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 54,238.

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

The state is reporting an increase of 200 new deaths today, bringing the statewide total to 3,616 deaths in Pennsylvania.

Of those, 2,458 were in nursing homes and personal care facilities.

The southeast region of the state, which includes Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester Counties, has been trending upward in new COVID-19 cases in the past week. It has the highest number of positive confirmed cases in the state, at 34,810.  The northeast has the second highest number of cases, at 10,927 Total.

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

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