37 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported Thursday in Delaware County, Along With 4 Additional Deaths

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There were 37 new cases of COVID-19 reported Thursday, Sept. 17 for Delaware County since cases were last reported Wednesday. Total number of cases is now 11,082, according to the Chester County Health Department.

Four new COVID-related deaths were reported in the county, with three in Haverford and one in Upper Darby. The total is now at 784.

Of those, 605 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 Sept. 15 listed for individual nursing homes and personal care facilities, including Delaware County.

The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities by municipality for Wednesday, Sept. 16.

  • Middletown 160
  • Marple 99
  • Haverford 66 (up 3)
  • Yeadon 47
  • Nether Providence 43
  • Upper Darby 42 (Up 1)
  • Darby Borough 37
  • City of Chester 36
  • Concord 33
  • Media 29
  • Radnor 23
  • Prospect Park 18
  • Springfield 17
  • Newtown 16
  • Location unknown 14
  • Bethel 12
  • Ridley 11
  • Upper Chichester 10
  • Lansdowne 10
  • Upper Providence 9
  • East Lansdowne 5
  • Norwood 4
  • Brookhaven 5
  • Collingdale 4
  • Aston 4
  • Edgmont 4
  • Darby Township 3
  • Clifton Heights 3
  • Colwyn 3
  • Sharon Hill 2
  • Thornbury 2
  • Aldan 2
  • Ridley Park 2
  • Chester Township 2
  • Folcroft 1
  • Trainer 1
  • Glenolden 1
  • Chadds Ford 1
  • Swarthmore 1
  • Upland 1
  • Eddystone 1

COVID-19 fatalities have now been reported in 40 of the county’s 49 municipalities.

Yeadon Borough continues to have the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. It has 530 cases, affecting 4.62 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,739, affecting 2.1 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.

The following are the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Thursday, Sept. 17, listed by municipality in descending order of caseload.

The list includes which communities saw an increase in cases based on previously unassigned cases and new cases since Wednesday, Sept. 16, the last date these statistics were updated.

  • Upper Darby 1,739 (up 1)
  • City of Chester 793 (up 11)
  • Haverford Township 650 (up 3)
  • Middletown Township 635
  • Yeadon 530 (up 1)
  • Marple 525
  • Ridley Township 475 (up 4)
  • Darby Borough 419 (up 1)
  • Springfield 418
  • Concord 382
  • Radnor 378 (up 1)
  • Nether Providence 309 (up 1)
  • Upper Chichester 228 (up 2)
  • Newtown 224 (up 1)
  • Lansdowne 209 (up 1)
  • Aston 208 (up 1)
  • Collingdale 181 (up 1)
  • Media 179
  • Sharon Hill 165
  • Darby Township 160
  • Upper Providence 150 (up 1)
  • Folcroft 135
  • Prospect Park 132
  • Ridley Park 120
  • Clifton Heights 115
  • Chester Township 110 (up 2)
  • Brookhaven 96
  • Colwyn 92
  • Glenolden 92
  • Thornbury 86 (up 2)
  • Norwood 79
  • Aldan 78
  • East Lansdowne 55
  • Tinicum 53
  • Upland 52
  • Swarthmore 51
  • Marcus Hook 40
  • Trainer 39
  • Eddystone 35 (up 1)
  • Parkside 34
  • Morton 29
  • Lower Chichester 29
  • Chadds Ford 28
  • Millbourne 26
  • Chester Heights 22
  • Rutledge 6
  • Rose Valley 3

There are 294 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 98,582 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting an 83.38 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Sept. 17, are :

  • Under 10: 178 cases (up 3)
  • 10 to 19: 816 cases (up 6)
  • 20 to 29: 1,942 cases (up 8)
  • 30 to 39: 1,513 cases (up 8)
  • 40 to 49: 1,437 cases (up 4)
  • 50 to 59: 1,708 cases (up 2)
  • 60 to 69: 1,366 cases (up 2)
  • 70 to 79: 835 cases (up 3)
  • 80 and over: 1,286 cases (up 1)

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, Sept. 17, that there were 933 new cases of COVID-19 across the state since statistics were last reported Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to147,923.

There were 10 new deaths reported statewide as of
Thursday, Sept. 17, with the total deaths list at 7,913.

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

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