The state is warning anyone who may have had contact with a deer now diagnosed as rabid to contact their doctors and the state. A white-tailed deer in the Rehoboth Beach-area has tested positive for rabies after exhibiting symptoms and being removed from a residential property by the Division of Public Health. The deer is the second animal in …
Greenwood fox tests positive for rabies; bitten resident starts treatment
The Delaware Division of Public Health wants anyone who thinks they or their animals may have been in contact with a rabid fox in Greenwood to call the state, Photo by Steffie Wacker/Pexels A fox in the Greenwood area has tested positive for rabies after biting a human Friday. The incident occurred on Friday, Sept. 3 in the vicinity …
99% of Delaware’s new COVID-19 cases that can be genotyped are Delta
Delawareans now can print out their COVID-19 vaccine records and those of their children. As COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue to rise, the state said Friday that 99% of the positive COVID-19 samples it was able to genotype during the week were the Delta variant. A state press release also said Delawareans can now access their state vaccination …
Fueled by Delta, Delaware’s COVID cases continue to surge
Delaware’s COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue to rapidly rise with more than 354 new cases a day, as of Thursday. The previous Thursday, it was 303 per day, according to a press release from the Division of Public Health. In the last week, the state also reported 210 hospitalizations, up 45 from last week, and 24 deaths. Some …
State starts breaking COVID-19 case data down by vaccination status
As Delaware’s daily new COVID-19 cases top 300, the Department of Public Health now is breaking down data according to whether the sick person is vaccinated or not. The state report Friday follows national trends of health departments and even individual hospitals across the country doing the same thing. Public Health reported Friday that the number of daily COVID …
New COVID-19 cases continue climb as Delta variant spreads
Many libraries say they are out of the Abbott at-home COVID-19 test kits that they were giving away this week. Delaware’s new COVID-19 cases continue to climb, with an average of 147 new cases on Thursday, That’s up from 20 new cases a day on June 20, the low point before the Delta variant began to prey on the …
State tells unvaccinated people to test weekly; testing kits now at libraries
This Abbott Laboratories at-home COVID-19 test kit is available at Delaware libraries. The state of Delaware is recommending that unvaccinated people get tested weekly for the COVID-19 virus. In a press release issued Tuesday, the state also said those who are not vaccinated should be tested five to seven days after being exposed to someone with COVID-19 and that they …
New COVID-19 case numbers rise sharply as Delta variant dominates
The number of new COVID-19 cases has risen from an average of about 20 on June 20 to about 90 on Thursday. The Delaware Division of Public Health said in a Friday press release that the Delta variant is driving the increase. The number of hospitalized has risen also, but not at such a steep pace. On June 25, …
ChristianaCare to require staff vaccinations; only system so far to do it
Christiana Care will require all employees to be vaccinated. Delaware’s largest healthcare network has provided employees an ultimatum: be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be fired. ChristianaCare, which is also the state’s largest private employer, operates hospitals in Newark, Wilmington and Elkton, Maryland, as well as smaller practices throughout Delaware and Pennsylvania. The company will require all employees, residents, students, contracted …
Carney hasn’t made any decisions after CDC’s mask flip-flop
Delaware Gov. John Carney is studying this week’s Centers for Disease Control recommendation that everyone wear masks indoors in areas where the Delta variant of COVID is spreading. But he has announced no changes or updates. In Delaware, the number of new COVID-19 infections has jumped to 72 new cases a day now from 20 a day in late …