Healthcare
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Over 5%: Some Delaware County Zip Codes See Big Jump in New COVID-19 Cases
There has been a substantial jump in the percentage of new COVID-19 cases showing up in Delaware County Zip codes, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Several Zip codes had 5% or more increases, compared to two weeks ago when the highest percentage increases were at around 2%. For the week…
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New COVID-19 Cases in Delaware County Continued to Climb Friday, Breaching 200 Cases
Five COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Delaware County for Friday, April 9, according to the Chester County Health Department. As of Friday, the health department was reporting a total of 1,356 COVID-19-related deaths in Delaware County. Of those, 825 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the…
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Targeting 140,000: Delaware County Creates 1st of 6 Mass Vaccination Clinics This Weekend at Community College
Delaware County is offering the first of six mass vaccination clinics starting this weekend at Delaware County Community College, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. More mass vaccinations will be scheduled at the college in the next seven weeks. The county’s goal is to vaccinate 140,000 residents in that time. “Delaware County will…
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Health Department Reports 184 New COVID-19 cases in Delaware County between Wednesday and Thursday
No COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Delaware County for Thursday, April 8, according to the Chester County Health Department. As of Thursday, the health department was reporting a total of 1,351 COVID-19-related deaths in Delaware County. Of those, 823 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the…
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5 COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Delaware County, With 290 New Cases Over Two Days
Five COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Delaware County for Wednesday, April 7, according to the Chester County Health Department. As of Wednesday, the health department was reporting a total of 1,351 COVID-19-related deaths in Delaware County. Of those, 823 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the…
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Pennsylvania Reports 4,255 New Cases of COVID-19 for April 6, With Total Cases Now 1,049,655
No COVID-19 county or municipal statistics, including the number of new cases and COVID-19 deaths, were available for Tuesday, April 6, from the Chester County Health Department. As of Monday, the health department was reporting a total of 1,346 COVID-19-related deaths in Delaware County. Of those, 821 were in long-term care facilities and personal care…
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670 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Delaware County Between April 1 and April 5
One additional COVID-19-related death from Darby Borough was reported in Delaware County for Thursday, April 1. The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,346 COVID-19 fatalities in the county. Of those, 821 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health Department.…
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Significant Jump in COVID-19 Cases Reported Last Week in Delaware County Based on 4-Week Summary
No COVID-19 county or municipal statistics, including the number of new cases and COVID-19 deaths, were available for the weekend, April 3 and 4, from the Chester County Health Department. The health department has released a 4-week summary that shows a significant jump in COVID-19 cases for Delaware County this past week. The health department…
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Good News: Vaccine Doses Up in Delaware County. Vaccine Disbursement Goes Local With More Eligible
Delaware County is seeing an increasing weekly supply of vaccines from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This week, as with last, the County received 7,000 Moderna vaccines and 2,340 Pfizer vaccines. In addition, the PA DOH announced that Delaware County, along with Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties, would begin receiving 10,500 doses each of the…
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Nearly 200 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Delaware County Between Wednesday and Thursday
Four additional COVID-19-related deaths were reported in Delaware County for Thursday, April 1. The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,345 COVID-19 fatalities in the county. Of those, 821 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health Department. Three of the…
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State Drops Mass Vaccination Center Plan in Favor of County Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Distribution
Delaware County can now offer Johnson & Johnson vaccines to its residents instead of people traveling to a state-run mass vaccination center, writes Justine McDaniel and Erin McCarthy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Pennsylvania Department of Health is scrapping plans for two mass vaccination clinics in Philadelphia’s collar counties. Instead, it will divide 42,000 single-shot…
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In Two-Day Span, Health Department Reports 413 New COVID-19 Cases for Delaware County
Two additional COVID-19-related deaths, both from Upper Darby, were reported in Delaware County for Wednesday, March 31. The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,341 COVID-19 fatalities in the county. Of those, 821 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health…
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COVID-19 Cases are Up in Delaware County and Pennsylvania for the Week So Far
No COVID-19 county or municipal statistics, including the number of new cases and COVID-19 deaths, were available for Tuesday, March 30 from the Chester County Health Department. As of Monday, March 29, Delaware County had 1,339 reported deaths from COVID-19. It had 41,364 total positive cases with a 90.92 percent recovery rate. The Chester County…
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Washington Post: Delaware County Is Ahead of State and Country Average in Share of Fully Vaccinated Population
Delaware County is ahead of both Pennsylvania and national averages in the share of fully vaccinated residents, write Dan Keating, Naema Ahmed, Harry Stevens, Jessica Wolfrom, and Monica Ulmanu for The Washington Post. The data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that so far, Delaware County has fully vaccinated 15.1 percent of…
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Between Friday and Monday, Delaware County Saw 422 New COVID-19 Cases
One additional COVID-19-related death from Middletown was reported in Delaware County for Monday, March 29. The Chester County Health Department is reporting a total of 1,339 COVID-19 fatalities in the county. Of those, 821 were in long-term care facilities and personal care homes, according to the latest statistics from the Chester County Health Department. COVID-19…
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State to Vaccine Providers: If a 1A Wants an Appointment, They Get an Appointment
An amended state order requires all vaccine providers to schedule appointments for anyone eligible in Phase 1A, writes David Mekeel for the Reading Eagle. Providers who have received first dose allocations at least within the last two weeks will no longer be able to tell eligible recipients that appointments aren’t available. Instead, appointments by phone…
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Most Recent Week in March Shows COVID-19 Cases Went Up for Delaware County After Trending Down
No COVID-19 county or municipal statistics, including the number of new cases and COVID-19 deaths, were available over the weekend from the Chester County Health Department or the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The health department has released a summary of the past month’s COVID-19 case activity in Delaware County with this past week the most current. The chart…
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Some Delaware County Zip Codes Show Higher Percentage Increases in COVID Cases. Most Remain Below 2 Percent
The percentage levels of new cases in most Delaware County Zip codes remained at 1.9 percent or lower for the week prior to March 24. However, there was a noticeable increase in the number of Zip codes that had 2 percent or higher increases than in the previous week, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton…
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