COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware | |
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![]() COVID-19 sign in Rehoboth Beach in June 2020 | |
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Delaware, U.S. |
Index case | New Castle County |
Arrival date | March 11, 2020 |
Confirmed cases | 232,852 |
Suspected cases‡ | 22,435 |
Hospitalized cases | 118 (current) |
Recovered | 11,236 |
Deaths | 2,702 (confirmed and probable) |
Vaccinations | 592,890 (72%) of population with at least one dose |
Government website | |
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services | |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic was reported to have reached the U.S. state of Delaware on March 11, 2020, in New Castle County. The following day, March 12, Governor John Carney declared a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware due to a Public Health Threat. As of February 8, 2021, the Delaware Division of Public Health reported 80,594 cumulative COVID-19 cases and 1,208 deaths.[1] As of May 25, 2021[update], Delaware has administered 904,722 COVID-19 vaccine doses, equivalent to 52.9% of the population. 41.3% of the population is fully vaccinated.[2]