Three COVID019 related deaths were reported in Delaware County for Friday, March 5, from the Chester County Health Department.

Deaths were reported from:

1 from Upper Darby

1 from Aston

1 from Marple

The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,293 fatalities.

Of those, 802 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health Department.

COVID-19 fatalities have been reported in 46 of the county’s 49 municipalities.

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

• Middletown 212
• Marple 141
• Haverford 114
• Upper Darby 81
• City of Chester 72
• Yeadon 67
• Nether Providence 61
• Concord 54
• Darby Borough 47
• Radnor 39
• Media 33
• Springfield 32
• Newtown 31
• Ridley 29
• Upper Chichester 28
• Bethel 25
• Prospect Park 19
• Aston 19
• Upper Providence 17
• Lansdowne 16
• Darby Township 15
• Location unknown 14
• Brookhaven 13
• Clifton Heights 12
• Edgmont 11
• Collingdale 10
• East Lansdowne 9
• Glenolden 9
• Norwood 8
• Folcroft 6
• Chester Township 6
• Upland 5
• Ridley Park 5
• Sharon Hill 4
• Aldan 4
• Thornbury 4
• Trainer 4
• Colwyn 3
• Marcus Hook 3
• Parkside 1
• Chadds Ford 1
• Swarthmore 1
• Eddystone 1
• Rutledge 1
• Lower Chichester 1
• Rose Valley 1
• Tinicium 1

There were 161 new COVID-19 cases in Delaware County reported Friday, March 5. Total cases are now38,549.

Yeadon Borough continues to have the highest percentage of population being affected by the virus. Total cases are 1,095, or 9.5 percent of its 11,471 population.

Upper Darby has the most cases, with 5,787 cases reported, or 6.97 percent of Upper Darby’s 82,993 population.

The following are the total reported cases of COVID-19 in Delaware County as of Friday, March 5, listed by municipality in descending order of caseload.

• Upper Darby 5,787
• Haverford Township 2,782
• Ridley Township 2,341
• City of Chester 2,328
• Marple 1,843
• Springfield 1,778
• Radnor 1,320
• Middletown Township 1,301
• Concord 1,115
• Yeadon 1,095
• Aston 1,081
• Upper Chichester 1,036
• Nether Providence 919
• Darby Borough 900
• Newtown 878
• Darby Township 707
• Lansdowne 649
• Bethel 616
• Prospect Park 616
• Ridley Park 616
• Collingdale 613
• Upper Providence 589
• Glenolden 529
• Brookhaven 515
• Folcroft 503
• Norwood 486
• Sharon Hill 456
• Clifton Heights 444
• Thornbury 398
• Media 384
• Tinicum 282
• Aldan 270
• Chester Township 254
• Edgmont 250
• Colwyn 194
• East Lansdowne 192
• Swarthmore 186
• Eddystone 186
• Lower Chichester 183
• Upland 176
• Chester Heights 153
• Morton 147
• Trainer 139
• Chadds Ford 132
• Parkside 130
• Marcus Hook 117
• Rutledge 62
• Millbourne 62
• Rose Valley 25

There are 833 cases still under investigation, to which no municipality has yet been assigned.

The county has had 207,635 people test negative for the virus. The health department is reporting a 90.4 percent recovery rate.

Cases broken down by age groups, as reported Friday, March 5, are:

• Under 10: 1,535 cases
• 10 to 19: 4.012 cases
• 20 to 29: 6,482 cases  
• 30 to 39: 5,638 cases  
• 40 to 49: 5,239 cases
• 50 to 59: 6,004 cases
• 60 to 69: 4,712 cases
• 70 to 79: 2,443 cases
• 80 and over: 2,481 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, March 5, that there were 2,757 new cases of COVID-19 statewide.  Total cases now number 944,196.

There were 43 additional COVID-19 deaths reported Friday, March 5 for a new total of 24,262.

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