Delaware County’s new COVID-19 cases remained higher for Friday, with 65 new cases reported, for a total of 12,430 cases, according to the Chester County Health Department.

Cases have been trending above 50 for the past week with the exception of Wednesday, when only 49 new cases were reported.

After three days with no new COVID-19-related deaths reported, four more residents; one in Middletown, two in Chester and one in Darby Township lost their lives, raising the death toll for the county to 804.

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 Friday, Oct. 16.

• Middletown 168 (up 1)
• Marple 102
• Haverford 67
• Yeadon 47
• Nether Providence 43
• Upper Darby 43
• Darby Borough 38
• City of Chester 38 (up 2)
• 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
• Darby Township 5 (up 1)
• 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. It has 554 cases, affecting 4.83 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases reported, at 1,895, affecting 2.28 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. 14, 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 Tuesday, the last date these statistics were updated.

• Upper Darby 1,895 (up 17)
• City of Chester 887
• Haverford Township 765 (up 6)
• Middletown Township 657 (up 2)
• Marple 582
• Ridley Township 580 (up4)
• Yeadon 554 (up 2)
• Springfield 525 (up 4)
• Radnor 455 (up 3)
• Darby Borough 454
• Concord 406 (up 1)
• Nether Providence 339
• Aston 269 (up 1)
• Newtown 253 (up 1)
• Upper Chichester 252 (up 1)
• Lansdowne 222
• Collingdale 196 (up 1)
• Darby Township 194 (up 2)
• Media 186
• Upper Providence 185 (up 5)
• Sharon Hill 183
• Prospect Park 157 (up 5)
• Bethel 155 (up 2)
• Folcroft 152
• Ridley Park 133
• Clifton Heights 129 (up 1)
• Chester Township 120
• Brookhaven 106
• Glenolden 105
• Norwood 99
• Colwyn 97
• Thornbury 96 (up 1)
• Aldan 81
• Edgmont 76 (up 2)
• East Lansdowne 62 (up 1)
• Tinicum 60
• Swarthmore 59
• Upland 54 (up 1)
• Marcus Hook 44 (up 1)
• Trainer 41
• Eddystone 41
• Morton 39
• Parkside 38
• Chadds Ford 36
• Lower Chichester 34
• Chester Heights 30
• Millbourne 26
• Rutledge 10
• Rose Valley 4  

There are 307 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 120, 834 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting an 83.25 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Oct. 16 as compared to Oct. 15, are:

• Under 10: 235 cases (up 6)
• 10 to 19: 990 cases (up 4)
• 20 to 29: 2,305 cases (up 12)
• 30 to 39: 1,696 cases (up 12)
• 40 to 49: 1,617 cases (up 12)
• 50 to 59: 1,886 cases (up 6)
• 60 to 69: 1,488 cases (up 8)
• 70 to 79: 900 cases (up 4)
• 80 and over: 1,312 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, Oct. 16, that there were 1,566 new cases of COVID-19 across the state since statistics were last reported Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 179, 086.

There were 25 new deaths reported statewide as of
Thursday, Oct. 16 since these statistics were last reported Thursday, with total deaths listed at 8,457.

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