Weekly COVID-19 Update — Nov. 27, 2020: New Daily Cases Remain High; Hospitalizations, Deaths Continue to Increase

6 min readNov 28, 2020

DOVER (Nov. 27, 2020) — The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, November 26, 2020.

A total of 34,170 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020, including 16,874 individuals who are considered recovered. The number of new daily cases each day this week has remained elevated with the seven-day average increasing to 472.9 as of Thursday, Nov. 26.

The seven-day average for the percentage of persons who tested positive for COVID-19 decreased from 15.1% as of Nov. 19, to 13.7% as of Thursday, Nov. 26. DPH publishes both positivity rates — persons tested and total tests conducted — on its COVID-19 data portal. As of Tuesday, Nov. 24, the seven-day average for the percentage of total tests that were positive was 5.8%, which was the same percentage as of Nov. 17. 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 the test result.

In addition, 187 individuals are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Delaware, an increase of 17 from the total as of last Friday’s update. Thirty-one of the hospitalized persons are critically ill, up five from last week.

The Division of Public Health recommends Delawareans take the following actions to prevent further spread of infection in the community:

• Only dine socially (at home and in restaurants) with those who live with you
• Don’t spend time socially with people outside your household
• Don’t plan on holding holiday dinners with those outside your household — even family

DPH COVID-19 Holiday Guidance can be found at: https://coronavirus.delaware.gov/holiday-guidance/.

A total of 763 Delawareans have passed away due to complications from COVID-19. The state reported 17 additional deaths since last week’s update, including four as a result of a review of Vital Statistics records. The total number of individuals who have died from COVID-19 ranges in age from 21 to 104 years old. Of those who have died, 393 were female and 370 were male. A total of 376 individuals were from New Castle County, 128 were from Kent County, and 259 were from Sussex County.

To protect personal health information, DPH will not confirm specific information about any individual case, even if other persons or entities disclose it independently.

Additional Updates

Update on COVID-19 Outbreaks in Long-term Care Facilities: The Division of Public Health continues to investigate COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities throughout the state. The following facilities have experienced significant ongoing outbreaks since late September. Resident and staff tallies represent cumulative case totals between Sept. 25, 2020, and Nov. 25, 2020:

• Kentmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Wilmington; 55 residents and 47 staff members
• Cadia Healthcare Silverside in Wilmington; 50 residents and 36 staff members.
• Regency Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington; 74 residents and 40 staff
• Lofland Park in Seaford, 19 residents and 11 staff
• Cadia Healthcare Capitol in Dover; 45 residents and 24 staff
• Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Delmar; 34 residents and 32 staff
• The Moorings at Lewes in Lewes; 14 residents and 29 staff
• Oak Bridge Terrace at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin; 14 residents and 11 staff

*Staff members may include health care and non-health care personnel, such as facility vendors or other individuals working in the long-term care facility who may not be full-time facility employees. As facility outbreak investigations close, they will be removed from this list.

Reminder — Updates to Walgreens Testing Sites: All Walgreens Pharmacy testing sites have moved to a reservation-based system beginning today (Nov. 27). To reserve an appointment, visit www.picktime.com/DECOVID19test. Testing sites will remain accessible through the pharmacy drive-thru except the Lancaster Pike location in Wilmington, which remains an indoor site. All sites operate by appointment only, and close for 30 minutes daily to allow a lunch break for staff.

In addition, the State of Delaware will expand its partnership with Walgreens and add five new sites across the state beginning Tuesday, Dec. 1. The new testing sites include:

• 4465 Summit Bridge Road, Middletown, DE 19709, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday
• 17248 S. DuPont Hwy., Harrington, DE 19952, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 11 a.m. — 3 p.m., Sunday
• 2 College Park Lane, Georgetown, DE 19947, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 10 a.m. — 5 p.m., Sunday
• 38627 Benro Drive #1, Delmar, DE 19940, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 10 a.m. — 5 p.m., Sunday
• 32979 Coastal Hwy, Bethany Beach, DE 19930, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m., Monday-Friday

These new sites are in addition to nine testing sites operated by Walgreens, as well as 11 other permanent testing sites — five State Service Center sites and six Public Health clinics — available throughout the state. Pop-up community testing sites continue to be offered each week. The full list of testing locations, hours, and registration options are available on Delaware’s COVID-19 website at de.gov/gettested.

Delaware COVID-19 Data:
The latest Delaware COVID-19 case statistics* cumulatively since March 11, provided as of 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, include:

• 34,170 total positive cases
• New Castle County cases: 19,088
• Kent County cases: 4,798
• Sussex County cases: 10,175
• Unknown County: 109
• Females: 18,384; Males: 15,731; Unknown Sex: 55
• Age range: 0 to 104
• Currently hospitalized: 187; Critically ill: 31 (This data represents individuals currently hospitalized in a Delaware hospital regardless of residence, and is not cumulative.)
• Delawareans recovered: 16,874
• 381,889 negative cases**
• 709,251 total tests administered as of Nov. 24, 2020
*Data are provisional and subject to change.
**Data on negative cases are preliminary, based on negative results reported to DPH by state and commercial laboratories performing analysis.

Generally, Delaware considers patients recovered after at least 24 hours have passed since the resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and/or improvement in symptoms, and at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared. Individuals who tested positive who have not had any symptoms are considered recovered after at least 10 days have passed since the date of their first positive COVID-19 test with no subsequent illness.

Aggregate K-12 School-Related COVID-19 Statistics:
The Division of Public Health is providing statewide aggregate data on the total number of COVID-19 positive cases among students and staff who were in-person at a school or child care facility while potentially infectious, reported to DPH since Sept. 1, 2020. To determine the start of the infectious period, or when others may have been exposed to someone infectious, DPH looks 48 hours prior to the onset of symptoms or 48 hours prior to testing for those individuals who had no symptoms. These data only indicate potential exposure to COVID-19 in these settings, not whether exposure actually occurred. Please note, these figures do not indicate that the infections were caused from being in the school setting.

Total number of COVID-19 positive students and staff, statewide, who were in-person at a school or child care facility while potentially infectious, reported to DPH between Sept. 1, 2020, and Nov. 25, 2020**:

Weekly COVID-19 Update — Nov. 27, 2020: New Daily Cases Remain High; Hospitalizations, Deaths Continue to Increase

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