Delaware County Surpasses 6,000 Cases of COVID-19, 524 Deaths Reported
Delaware County has 524 residents who have died from complications of COVID-19, as of Monday, May 25.
Of that total number, 393 occurred in a nursing home or personal care facility in the county.
It now has 6,234 cases reported, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.
In Delaware County, there are 125.3 new confirmed cases over 14 days per 100,000 population, above the state target of only 50 new confirmed cases over 14 days per 100,000 population.
Of the 49 municipalities in Delaware County, 35 are now reporting COVID-19 deaths.
The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities and cases listed by the Chester County Health Department by community in descending order of deaths reported.
Township Cases reported Deaths reported
- Middletown 432 111
- Marple 335 76
- Haverford 321 44
- Yeadon 378 34
- Nether Providence 216 34
- Darby Borough 292 29
- Upper Darby 980 23
- Media 146 23
- Radnor 170 19
- Concord 252 18
- City of Chester 375 14
- No municipality 250 13
- Springfield 153 11
- Newtown 131 11
- Lansdowne 132 07
- Upper Providence 75 07
- Ridley 196 06
- Upper Chichester 115 06
- East Lansdowne 40 04
- Norwood 46 03
- Prospect Park 94 05
- Bethel 29 03
- Brookhaven 50 03
- Sharon Hill 97 02
- Thornbury 24 02
- Clifton Heights 54 02
- Darby Township 77 02
- Collingdale 110 02
- Aston 101 02
- Aldan 55 02
- Colwyn 67 01
- Edgmont 19 01
- Ridley Park 39 01
- Folcroft 86 01
- Trainer 16 01
- Glenolden 51 01
- Chester Township 57 00
- Parkside 28 00
- Swarthmore 27 00
- Tinicum 26 00
- Marcus Hook 19 00
- Upland 18 00
- Chester Heights 16 00
- Eddystone 15 00
- Millbourne 15 00
- Lower Chichester 13 00
- Chadds Ford 11 00
- Morton 11 00
- Rose Valley 01 00
- Rutledge 01 00
The virus is now reported in all 49 municipalities.
There are 250 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 378 cases, affecting 3.3 percent of its 11,471 population.
Upper Darby has the most reported cases, at 980, affecting 1.18 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.
The county has had 17,98 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 today confirmed as of midnight, May 25, that there are 473 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 68,186.
There are 5,139 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 15 new deaths.
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 43,996. The next highest number of cases in the state is in the northeast, reporting 12,696 cases.
For more information on state COVID-19 findings, click here.
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