Delaware County’s new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reversed a downward trend Wednesday, June 3, with 55 cases reported. There were six deaths, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.
That brings the county total number of COVID-19 cases to 6,600, with fatalities now at 554.
The county is now showing 68.461 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 over 14 days per 100,000 people. It must achieve 50 confirmed cases over 14 days per 100,000 as part of the criteria to move to a green phase reopening.
Click here for a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths and cases as of June 2 listed for individual nursing homes and personal care facilities throughout the state, including Delaware County.
COVID-19 deaths are now reported in 36 of the 45 municipalities of the county. Edgmont and Chadds Ford are the latest communities to report COVID-19 deaths.
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 119
- Marple 78
- Haverford 49
- Yeadon 34
- Nether Providence 34
- Darby Borough 31
- Upper Darby 26
- Media 23
- Radnor 19
- Concord 20
- No municipality assigned 14
- City of Chester 16
- Springfield 10
- Newtown 12
- Lansdowne 7
- Upper Providence 7
- Ridley 6
- Upper Chichester 6
- Prospect Park 7
- 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
- Edgmont 2
- Ridley Park 1
- Folcroft 1
- Trainer 1
- Glenolden 1
- Chadds Ford 1
There are 270 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 395 cases, affecting 3.44 percent of its 11,471 population.
Upper Darby continues to have the most cases, at 1,038, affecting 1.25 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 1,038
- Middletown Township 460
- Yeadon 395
- City of Chester 390
- Marple 362
- Haverford Township 329
- Darby Borough 309
- Concord 261
- Nether Providence 218
- Ridley Township 200
- Springfield 175
- Radnor 174
- Media 148
- Lansdowne 141
- Newtown 134
- Upper Chichester 122
- Collingdale 119
- Aston 106
- Sharon Hill 103
- Prospect Park 100
- Folcroft 92
- Darby Township 81
- Upper Providence 77
- Colwyn 68
- Chester Township 62
- Aldan 58
- Clifton Heights 58
- Brookhaven 54
- Glenolden 52
- Norwood 48
- Ridley Park 43
- East Lansdowne 42
- Bethel 31
- Parkside 28
- Swarthmore 28
- Tinicum 26
- Edgmont 27
- Thornbury 25
- Marcus Hook 21
- Upland 19
- Millbourne 17
- Trainer 16
- Chester Heights 16
- Eddystone 15
- Lower Chichester 15
- Morton 12
- Chadds Ford 13
- Rutledge 1
- Rose Valley 1
The county has had 22,956 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, June 3, that there are 511 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the statewide total to 73,405.
There are 5,742 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 75 new deaths statewide.
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 47,503. The next highest number of cases in the state is in the northeast, reporting 13,240 cases.
For more information on state COVID-19 findings, click here.
