21 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Delaware County Thursday for a Total of 7,496

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As of Thursday, July 9, there have been 21 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Delaware County since Wednesday, July 8.

No additional deaths were reported.

That brings the total number of positive cases in the county to 7,496, with the number of COVID-19 related deaths remaining at 706.

Of those, 564 were in long term care facilities and personal care homes, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Click here for a breakdown of COVID-19 deaths and cases as of July 7 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 146
  • Marple 95
  • Haverford 57
  • Nether Providence 42
  • Yeadon 41
  • Upper Darby 36
  • Darby Borough 35
  • Concord 31
  • Media 27
  • City of Chester 25
  • Radnor 23
  • Springfield 15
  • Newtown 16
  • No municipality assigned 14
  • Prospect Park 17
  • Ridley 10
  • Upper Providence 9
  • Upper Chichester 9
  • Lansdowne 8
  • East Lansdowne 5
  • Norwood 4
  • Brookhaven 4
  • Bethel 4
  • Collingdale 4
  • Aston 4
  • Edgmont 4
  • Darby Township 3
  • Clifton Heights 3
  • Sharon Hill 2
  • Thornbury 2
  • Colwyn 2
  • Aldan 2
  • Ridley Park 2
  • Folcroft 1
  • Trainer 1
  • Glenolden 1
  • Chadds Ford 1
  • Swarthmore 1

Yeadon Borough has the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. It has 435 cases, affecting 3.79 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,227, affecting 1.48 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 1,227
  • Middletown Township 517
  • City of Chester 463
  • Yeadon 435
  • Marple 386
  • Haverford Township 363
  • Darby Borough 359
  • Concord 273
  • Nether Providence 231
  • Ridley Township 229
  • Springfield 206
  • Radnor 203
  • Media 165
  • Lansdowne 163
  • Newtown 151
  • Upper Chichester 145
  • Collingdae 134
  • Aston 128
  • Sharon Hill 116
  • Prospect Park 104
  • Folcroft 105
  • Darby Township 93
  • Upper Providence 90
  • Chester Township 73
  • Colwyn 71
  • Clifton Heights 71
  • Aldan 66
  • Brookhaven 62
  • Glenolden 60
  • Norwood 55
  • Ridley Park 47
  • East Lansdowne 46
  • Tinicum 34
  • Thornbury 34
  • Swarthmore 31
  • Parkside 30
  • Upland 30
  • Trainer 28
  • Marcus Hook 24
  • Millbourne 21
  • Chadds Ford 18
  • Eddystone 18
  • Lower Chichester 18
  • Chester Heights 16
  • Morton 14
  • Rutledge 3
  • Rose Valley 1

There are 269 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has been assigned.

The county has had 41,656 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting an 82.84 percent recovery rate.

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 noon, July 9, that there are 719 additional positive cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday, July 8, bringing the statewide total to 92,867.

There were 36 additional deaths reported with the total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 at 6,848.

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

 

 

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