Delaware County has seen a higher than usual death toll from COVID-19 in the past two days, with 16 deaths reported Jan. 6 and another six added for Jan. 7, for a total now of 1,022, according to daily figures being reported by the Chester County Health Department.

The number of reported COVID positive cases increased by 245 between the 29,849 total cases reported Jan. 6 and the 30,094 total cases reported Jan. 7.

One person died from Middletown, one from Yeadon, one from Nether Providence, one from Media, one from Folcroft and one from Aldan.

Of those, 693 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the Chester County Health Department.

To see a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities by individual nursing homes and personal care facilities in Delaware County and throughout Pennsylvania, click here.

The following is a breakdown of COVID-19 fatalities by municipality as reported Jan. 5:  

• Middletown 191
• Marple 112
• Haverford 87
• Upper Darby 61
• Yeadon 60
• City of Chester 57
• Nether Providence 44
• Darby Borough 43
• Concord 42
• Media 32
• Radnor 31
• Springfield 21
• Newtown 20
• Ridley 20
• Prospect Park 19
• Bethel 19
• Upper Chichester 17
• Upper Providence 15
• Location unknown 14
• Lansdowne 12
• Darby Township 11
• Aston 11
• Brookhaven 9
• Clifton Heights 8
• East Lansdowne 8
• Collingdale 7
• Glenolden 6
• Norwood 6
• Folcroft 5
• Edgmont 4
• Sharon Hill 4
• Colwyn 3
• Ridley Park 3
• Chester Township 3
• Aldan 3
• Thornbury 2
• Marcus Hook 2
• Upland 2
• Trainer 1
• Parkside 1
• Chadds Ford 1
• Swarthmore 1
• Eddystone 1
• Rutledge 1

COVID-19 fatalities have been reported in 43 of the county’s 49 municipalities.

Yeadon Borough continues to have the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. Total cases are 952, or 8.29 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases, with 4,599 cases reported, or 5.54 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.

The following are the number of total reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Thursday, Jan. 7, listed by municipality in descending order of caseload.

• Upper Darby 4,599
• Haverford Township 2,087
• City of Chester 1,975
• Ridley Township 1,825
• Springfield 1,408
• Marple 1,410
• Middletown Township 1,114
• Radnor 962
• Yeadon 952
• Concord 872
• Darby Borough 762
• Aston 746
• Upper Chichester 710
• Nether Providence 704
• Newtown 633
• Darby Township 576
• Lansdowne 522
• Prospect Park 494
• Collingdale 488
• Upper Providence 457
• Ridley Park 457
• Bethel 447
• Folcroft 390
• Glenolden 388
• Brookhaven 386
• Norwood 378
• Sharon Hill 375
• Clifton Heights 350
• Media 310
• Thornbury 276
• Chester Township 219
• Tinicum 208
• Aldan 206
• Edgmont 173
• Colwyn 163
• East Lansdowne 157
• Upland 142
• Swarthmore 138
• Eddystone 126
• Lower Chichester 124
• Morton 114
• Parkside 107
• Trainer 104
• Chester Heights 94
• Marcus Hook 94
• Chadds Ford 89
• Millbourne 55
• Rutledge 51
• Rose Valley 20

There are 657 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 180,654 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting a 77.45 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Thursday, Jan.7 are:

• Under 10: 1,031 cases
• 10 to 19: 2,901 cases
• 20 to 29: 5,176 cases  
• 30 to 39: 4,432 cases  
• 40 to 49: 4,114 cases
• 50 to 59: 4,755 cases
• 60 to 69: 3,698 cases
• 70 to 79: 1,913 cases
• 80 and over: 2,071 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, Jan.7 that there were 9,698 additional cases of COVID-19 reported statewide, with total cases at 693,087.

There were 265 deaths reported, for a total of 17,179.

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