Delaware County saw a significant decline in new cases reported for Wednesday, Oct. 21, with only 36 cases reported. That brings the total number of cases in the county to 12,770, according to the Chester County Health Department.

Sadly, however, two additional COVID-19-related deaths were also reported in Chester and Ridley Township, bringing the county total to 806.

Of those, 617 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 Oct. 12 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, Oct. 21.

• Middletown 168
• Marple 102
• Haverford 67
• Yeadon 47
• Nether Providence 43
• Upper Darby 43
• City of Chester 39 (up 1)
• Darby Borough 38
• Concord 33
• Media 30
• Radnor 23
• Prospect Park 18
• Springfield 17
• Newtown 16
• Location unknown 14
• Bethel 12
• Ridley 12 (up 1)
• Upper Chichester 10
• Lansdowne 10
• Upper Providence 9
• East Lansdowne 6
• Brookhaven 5
• Darby Township 5
• Norwood 4
• Collingdale 4
• Aston 4
• Edgmont 4
• 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.

No new cases were reported in the borough for Wednesday.  It has 557 cases, affecting 4.86 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,944, affecting 2.34 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.

The following are the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Wednesday, Oct. 21, 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 Monday, the last date these statistics were updated.

• Upper Darby 1,944 (up 6)
• City of Chester 900 (up 1)
• Haverford Township 801 (up 1)
• Middletown Township 662 (up 1)
• Marple 606 (up 4)
• Ridley Township 605
• Yeadon 557
• Springfield 546 (up 2)
• Radnor 462 (up 1)
• Darby Borough 462 (up 1)
• Concord 411 (up 2)
• Nether Providence 343
• Aston 278
• Upper Chichester 260 (up 1)
• Newtown 260 (up 2)
• Lansdowne 225
• Collingdale 202 (up 1)
• Darby Township 202 (up 2)
• Upper Providence 191
• Media 187
• Sharon Hill 186
• Prospect Park 172 (up 1)
• Bethel 166 (up 3)
• Folcroft 156
• Ridley Park 139 (up 2)
• Clifton Heights 132
• Chester Township 121
• Glenolden 109 (up 1)
• Brookhaven 107
• Norwood 107
• Thornbury 99
• Colwyn 97
• Aldan 82
• Edgmont 82 (up 1)
• East Lansdowne 63
• Tinicum 62
• Swarthmore 62
• Upland 54
• Marcus Hook 44
• Eddystone 44
• Trainer 41
• Morton 41 (up 1)
• Parkside 38
• Chadds Ford 38
• Lower Chichester 35
• Chester Heights 33 (up 1)
• Millbourne 27 (up 1)
• Rutledge 12 (up 2)
• Rose Valley 4  

There are 313 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 124, 319 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting an 82.31 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Oct. 21 as compared to Oct. 20 are:

• Under 10: 249 cases (up 1)
• 10 to 19: 1,032 cases (up 4)
• 20 to 29: 2,369 cases (up 7)
• 30 to 39: 1,746 cases (up 6)
• 40 to 49: 1,659 cases (up 5)
• 50 to 59: 1,948 cases (up 6)
• 60 to 69: 1,533 cases (up 6)
• 70 to 79: 915 cases (up 1)
• 80 and over: 1,318 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, Oct. 21, that there were 1,425 new cases of COVID-19 across the state since statistics were last reported Tuesday, Oct. 20, bringing the statewide total to 186,297.

There were 29 new deaths reported statewide as of
Wednesday, Oct. 21 since these statistics were last reported Tuesday, with total deaths listed at 8562.

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