The Delaware Division of Public Health reports hospitalizations continued to rise over the past week with a new high of 407 cases.
At the same time, the seven-day average for the percentage of persons who tested positive for COVID-19 decreased from 22.9 percent posted on Dec. 10 to 21.9 percent as of Dec. 17. As of Dec. 15, the seven-day average for the percentage of total tests that were positive was 9.7 percent, the same figure reported Dec. 8. There is a two-day lag for presenting data related to percent of positive tests to account for the time delay between the test date and the date DPH receives the result.
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The Delaware Division of Public Health provided an update on the most recent statistics related to COVID-19 in Delaware as of 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10.
A total of 43,818 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. The number of new daily cases each day this week remained elevated, with the seven-day average increasing to 768.9 as of Dec. 10.
The seven-day average for the percentage of persons who tested positive for COVID-19 increased from 21 percent as of Dec. 3 to 22.8 percent as of Dec. 10. DPH publishes both positivity rates – persons tested and total tests conducted – on its COVID-19 data portal. As of Tuesday, Dec. 8, the seven-day average for the percentage of total tests that were positive was 9.5 percent, up from 8.4 percent on Dec. 1. There is a two-day lag for presenting data related to percent of tests that are positive to account for the time delay between the date of the test and the date that DPH receives t