99 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Delaware County With 2 Deaths Listed

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There were 99 new cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday, Sept. 29 for Delaware County since cases were last reported Monday. Total number of cases is now 11,521, according to the Chester County Health Department.

Two additional residents lost their life to COVID-19, one in Middletown and one in  Darby Borough. Total county deaths are now at 795.

Of those, 615 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. 22 listed for individual nursing homes and personal care facilities, including Delaware County.

The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities by municipality for Tuesday, Sept. 29.

  • Middletown 165 (up 1)
  • Marple 101
  • Haverford 66
  • Yeadon 47
  • Nether Providence 43
  • Upper Darby 43
  • Darby Borough 38 (up 1)
  • City of Chester 36
  • Concord 33
  • Media 30
  • 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 6
  • Brookhaven 5
  • Norwood 4
  • 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 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 546 cases, affecting 4.76 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,778, affecting 2.14 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.

The following are the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Tuesday, Sept. 29, 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 Friday, Sept. 25, the last date these statistics were updated.

  • Upper Darby 1,778 (up 23)
  • City of Chester 849 (up 18)
  • Haverford Township 696 (up 18)
  • Middletown Township 648 (up 2)
  • Yeadon 546 (up 6)
  • Marple 544 (up 4)
  • Ridley Township 510 (up 17)
  • Springfield 436 (up 5)
  • Darby Borough 428 (up 4)
  • Radnor 397 (up 7)
  • Concord 395 (up 9)
  • Nether Providence 330 (up 5)
  • Upper Chichester 235 (up 4)
  • Newtown 233 (up 6)
  • Aston 218 (up 2)
  • Lansdowne 214 (up 1)
  • Collingdale 185 (up 2)
  • Media 182 (up 1)
  • Sharon Hill 170 (up 3)
  • Darby Township 169 (up 5)
  • Upper Providence 160 (up 3)
  • Folcroft 141 (up 3)
  • Prospect Park 136 (up 2)
  • Ridley Park 125
  • Clifton Heights 121 (up 2)
  • Chester Township 113 (up 2)
  • Brookhaven 102
  • Colwyn 94 (up 1)
  • Glenolden 93 (up 1)
  • Thornbury 88 (up 1)
  • Norwood 85 (up 4)
  • Aldan 81
  • East Lansdowne 55
  • Upland 54
  • Tinicum 54 (up 1)
  • Swarthmore 52  
  • Marcus Hook 41 (up 1)
  • Trainer 41 (up 1)
  • Eddystone 38 (up 1)
  • Morton 35 (up 3)
  • Parkside 34
  • Lower Chichester 32 (up 2)
  • Chadds Ford 31 (up 1)
  • Millbourne 26
  • Chester Heights 24
  • Rutledge 5
  • Rose Valley 3

There are 295 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 107,157 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting an 84.18 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Sept. 29 compared to Sept. 25, are:

  • Under 10: 196 cases (up 9)
  • 10 to 19: 898 cases (up 35)
  • 20 to 29: 2,052 cases (up 52)
  • 30 to 39: 1,574 cases (up 32)
  • 40 to 49: 1,492cases (up 23)
  • 50 to 59: 1,759 cases (up 20)
  • 60 to 69: 1,409 cases (up 16)
  • 70 to 79: 848 cases (up 3)
  • 80 and over: 1,292 cases (up 3)

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. 29, that there were 988 new cases of COVID-19 across the state since statistics were last reported Monday, bringing the statewide total to. 157,814.

There were 16 new deaths reported statewide as of
Tuesday, Sept. 29 since these statistics were last reported Monday, with total deaths listed at 8,123.

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

 

 

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