The number of new cases of COVID-19 was lower for Thursday, May 28 in Delaware County.

There were 48 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death reported, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

County totals now number 537 COVID-19 deaths and 6,389 cases reported.

Of the total deaths reported, 393 were nursing home or personal care facility fatalities. That number has remained unchanged for several days.

Click here for a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths and cases as of May 26 listed for individual nursing homes and personal care facilities throughout the state, including Delaware County.

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 118
• Marple 76
• Haverford 45
• Yeadon 34
• Nether Providence 34
• Darby Borough 29
• Upper Darby 25
• Media 23
• Radnor 19
• Concord 18
• No municipality assigned 14
• City of Chester 15
• Springfield 11
• Newtown 11
• Lansdowne 7
• Upper Providence 7
• Ridley 6
• Upper Chichester 6
• Prospect Park 5
• East Lansdowne 4
• Norwood 3
• Bethel 3
• Brookhaven 3
• Sharon Hill 2
• Thornbury 2
• Clifton Heights 2
• Darby Township 2
• Collingdale 2
• Colwyn 2
• Aston 2
• Aldan 2
• Ridley Park 1
• Folcroft 1
• Trainer 1
• Glenolden 1

The virus is now reported in all 49 municipalities.

There are 246 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 383 cases, affecting 3.34 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has topped 1,000 cases, at 1,006, affecting 1.21 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 1,006
• Middletown Township 438
• Yeadon 383
• City of Chester 380
• Marple 358
• Haverford Township 324
• Darby Borough 298
• Concord 257
• Nether Providence 216
• Ridley Township 196
• Radnor 172
• Springfield 160
• Media 147
• Lansdowne 135
• Newtown 133
• Upper Chichester 119
• Collingdale 114
• Aston 103
• Sharon Hill 100
• Prospect Park 94
• Folcroft 89
• Darby Township 79
• Upper Providence 75
• Colwyn 67
• Chester Township 60
• Aldan 56
• Clifton Heights 55
• Glenolden 53
• Brookhaven 51
• Norwood 47
• Ridley Park 41
• East Lansdowne 41
• Bethel 31
• Parkside 28
• Swarthmore 27
• Tinicum 26
• Thornbury 24
• Edgmont 23
• Marcus Hook 18
• Upland 18
• Millbourne 16
• Trainer 16
• Chester Heights 16
• Eddystone 15
• Morton 11
• Chadds Ford 11
• Rutledge 1
• Rose Valley 1

The county has had 19,689 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 28, that there are 625 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 70,042.

There are 5,373 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 108 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 45,212.  The next highest number of cases in the state is in the northeast, reporting 12,911 cases.

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