New cases of COVID-19 increased by 94 for Thursday, Oct. 22, erasing gains made with a lower number of 36 cases reported the day before, according to the Chester County Health Department.

Total cases for Delaware County now stand at 12,864.

Additionally, two more Delaware County residents lost their lives to COVID-19, in Middletown and Radnor, with total deaths now recorded at 808.

Of those, 618 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 Thursday, Oct. 22.

• Middletown 169 (up 1)
• Marple 102
• Haverford 67
• Yeadon 47
• Nether Providence 43
• Upper Darby 43
• City of Chester 39
• Darby Borough 38
• Concord 33
• Media 30
• Radnor 24 (up 1)
• Prospect Park 18
• Springfield 17
• Newtown 16
• Location unknown 14
• Bethel 12
• Ridley 12
• 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.

Two  new cases were reported in the borough for Thursday.  It has 559 cases, affecting 4.87 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,955, affecting 2.36 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, Oct. 22, 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, the last date these statistics were updated.

• Upper Darby 1,955 (up 11)
• City of Chester 905 (up 5)
• Haverford Township 808 (up 7)
• Middletown Township 666 (up 4)
• Ridley Township 619 (up 14)
• Marple 612 (up 6)
• Yeadon 559 (up 2)
• Springfield 552 (up 6)
• Darby Borough 464 (up 2)
• Radnor 463 (up 1)
• Concord 412 (up 1)
• Nether Providence 345 (up 2)
• Aston 279 (up 1)
• Newtown 265 (up 5)
• Upper Chichester 262 (up 2)
• Lansdowne 227 (up 2)
• Darby Township 203 (up 1)
• Collingdale 202
• Upper Providence 192 (up 1)
• Media 188 (up 1)
• Sharon Hill 187 (up 1)
• Prospect Park 175 (up 3)
• Bethel 168 (up 2)
• Folcroft 156
• Ridley Park 139 (up 2)
• Clifton Heights 133 (up 1)
• Chester Township 120
• Brookhaven 111 (up 4)
• Glenolden 110 (up 1)
• Norwood 107
• Colwyn 100 (up 3)
• Thornbury 99
• Aldan 83 (up 1)
• Edgmont 82
• East Lansdowne 63
• Tinicum 62
• Swarthmore 62
• Upland 55 (up 1)
• Marcus Hook 44
• Eddystone 44
• Trainer 42 (up 1)
• Morton 41
• Parkside 38
• Chadds Ford 38
• Lower Chichester 35
• Chester Heights 33
• Millbourne 27
• Rutledge 12
• Rose Valley 4  

There are 316 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 125, 351 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting an 81.94 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Oct. 22 as compared to Oct. 21 are:

• Under 10: 252 cases (up 3)
• 10 to 19: 1,045 cases (up 13)
• 20 to 29: 2,389 cases (up 20)
• 30 to 39: 1,759 cases (up 13)
• 40 to 49: 1,677 cases (up 18)
• 50 to 59: 1,958 cases (up 10)
• 60 to 69: 1,543cases (up 10)
• 70 to 79: 920 cases (up 5)
• 80 and over: 1,320 cases (up 2)

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. 22, that there were 2,063 new cases of COVID-19 across the state since statistics were last reported Wednesday, Oct. 21, bringing the statewide total to 188,360.

There were 30 new deaths reported statewide as of
Thursday, Oct. 22 since these statistics were last reported Wednesday, with total deaths listed at 8,592.

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