62 New COVID-19 Cases Reported for Tuesday in Delaware County for a Total of 9,832

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There were 62 additional cases of COVID-19 reported in Delaware County for Tuesday, Aug. 18, by the Chester County Health Department, bringing the total number of cases to 9,832.

No additional COVID-19-related deaths have been reported, with the total remaining at 759.

Of those, 597 were in long term care facilities and personal care homes, according to data from the Chester County Health Department.

Click here for a state breakdown of COVID-19 deaths and cases as of Aug. 4 listed for individual nursing homes and personal care facilities, including Delaware County.

The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities for Monday, Aug. 17, listed by community in descending order of deaths reported:

  • Middletown 157
  • Marple 98
  • Haverford 62
  • Yeadon 44
  • Nether Providence 42
  • Upper Darby 38
  • Darby Borough 37
  • Concord 33
  • Media 29
  • City of Chester 32
  • Radnor 23
  • Prospect Park 18
  • Springfield 17
  • Newtown 16
  • Location unknown 14
  • Ridley 11
  • Upper Chichester 10
  • Upper Providence 9
  • Lansdowne 9
  • Bethel 12
  • East Lansdowne 5
  • Norwood 4
  • Brookhaven 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
  • Chester Township 1
  • Upland 1

COVID-19 fatalities have now been reported in 39 of the county’s 49 municipalities.

Yeadon Borough continues to have the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. It has 499 cases, affecting 4.35 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,558, affecting 1.88 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, indicating which communities saw an increase in cases since Monday, Aug. 17, the last date these statistics were reported.

  • Upper Darby 1,558 (up 10)
  • City of Chester 652 (up 3)
  • Middletown Township 608 (up 3)
  • Haverford Township 562 (up 6)
  • Yeadon 499 (up 3)
  • Marple 469 (up 3)
  • Darby Borough 397 (up 1)
  • Springfield 373(up 3)
  • Ridley Township 363 (up 3)
  • Concord 342 (up 4)
  • Radnor 293 (up 6)
  • Nether Providence 282
  • Upper Chichester 210 (up 1)
  • Lansdowne 195 (up 1)
  • Newtown 193 (up 2)
  • Aston 184 (up 1
  • Media 175
  • Collingdale 162 (up 1)
  • Sharon Hill 149 (up 2)
  • Darby Township 138
  • Folcroft 130 (up 1)
  • Upper Providence 124 (up 1)
  • Prospect Park 119 (up 1)
  • Chester Township 101 (up 2)
  • Clifton Heights 100 (up 1)
  • Colwyn 92 (up 1)  
  • Ridley Park 87 (up 2)
  • Brookhaven 83
  • Glenolden 80
  • Aldan 72
  • Norwood 72
  • Thornbury 61 (up 1)
  • East Lansdowne 51
  • Tinicum 48
  • Upland 45
  • Swarthmore 39 (up 1)
  • Trainer 38
  • Marcus Hook 35
  • Parkside 33
  • Eddystone 29 (up 1)
  • Chadds Ford 26
  • Lower Chichester 26
  • Millbourne 25
  • Morton 25
  • Chester Heights 22
  • Rutledge 4
  • Rose Valley 2

There are 303 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 75,083  people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting a 76.28 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups as of Aug. 18 are:

  • Under 10: 6 cases
  • 10 to 19: 586 cases (up 8)
  • 20 to 29: 1,600 cases
  • 30 to 39: 1,400 cases (up 100 cases)
  • 40 to 49: 1,300 cases
  • 50 to 59: 1,500 cases
  • 60 to 69: 1,300 cases (up 100 cases)
  • 70 to 79: 785 cases (up 4)
  • 80 and over: 1,200 cases

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, Aug. 18, that there were 735 new cases of COVID-19 across the state since Monday, Aug. 17, bringing the statewide total to 125,579.

There were 31 new COVID-19 related deaths reported, with the total now at 7,499.

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

 

 

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