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Delco Touts 83 Percent Coronavirus Recovery Rate Ahead of July 4
What are Delaware County's latest coronavirus figures as new cases are increasing across Pennsylvania ahead of the holiday weekend?
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Independence Day is nearly here, but the coronavirus isn't stopping for our nation's birthday. So what are the latest figures out of Delaware County?
As of Friday, the county has seen just shy of 7,300 cases with 7,299 reported ahead of the holiday weekend.
Of those cases, 2,399 have been nursing home residents. Additionally, nursing home residents account for 563 of the 702 total virus-related deaths in the county.
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To date, Delco has received 37,761 negative coronavirus test results and has an 82.81 percent recovery rate.
Upper Darby has the highest case count of all Delaware County municipalities with 1,198, while Middletown has the most deaths with 146. Yeadon has the highest percentage of its population with the virus of all municipalities, with 3.73 of its 11,471 population having the virus.
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The locations of 267 cases and 14 deaths are not listed.
Below is the percent of each municipality's population with the virus, total case counts, and deaths as of Friday:
- Aldan Borough — 1.59 percent of population; Cases: 66; Deaths: 2
- Aston Township — 0.75 percent of population; Cases: 125; Deaths: 4
- Bethel Township — 0.37 percent of population; Cases: 34; Deaths: 4
- Brookhaven Borough — 0.74 percent of population; Cases: 59; Deaths: 4
- Chadds Ford Township — 0.48 percent of population; Cases: 18; Deaths: 1
- Chester Heights Borough — 0.6 percent of population; Cases: 16; Deaths: 0
- Chester Township — 1.78 percent of population; Cases: 73; Deaths: 0
- City of Chester — 1.31 percent of population; Cases: 444; Deaths: 25
- Clifton Heights Borough — 1.05 percent of population; Cases: 70; Deaths: 3
- Collingdle Borough — 1.48 percent of population; Cases: 130; Deaths: 4
- Colwyn Borough — 2.75 percent of population; Cases: 70; Deaths: 2
- Concord Township — 1.53 percent of population; Cases: 269; Deaths: 31
- Darby Borough — 3.29 percent of population; Cases: 351; Deaths: 35
- Darby Township — 0.96 percent of population; Cases: 89; Deaths: 3
- East Lansdowne Borough — 1.69 percent of population; Cases: 45; Deaths: 4
- Eddystone Borough — 0.71 percent of population; Cases: 17; Deaths: 0
- Edgmont Township — 0.82 percent of population; Cases: 33; Deaths: 4
- Folcroft Borough — 1.47 percent of population; Cases: 97; Deaths: 1
- Glenolden Borough — 0.8 percent of population; Cases: 57; Deaths: 1
- Haverford Township — 0.72 percent of population; Cases: 354; Deaths: 56
- Lansdowne Borough — 1.47 percent of population; Cases: 156; Deaths: 8
- Location Unknown — 0 percent of population; Cases: 267; Deaths: 14
- Lower Chichester Township — 0.46 percent of population; Cases: 16; Deaths: 0
- Marcus Hook Borough — 0.92 percent of population; Cases: 22; Deaths: 0
- Marple Township — 1.61 percent of population; Cases: 382; Deaths: 95
- Media Borough — 3.03 percent of population; Cases: 162; Deaths: 27
- Middletown Township — 3.21 percent of population; Cases: 512; Deaths: 146
- Millbourne Borough — 1.73 percent of population; Cases: 20; Deaths: 0
- Morton Borough — 0.49 percent of population; Cases: 13; Deaths: 0
- Nether Providence Township — 1.64 percent of population; Cases: 226; Deaths: 42
- Newtown Township — 1.16 percent of population; Cases: 148; Deaths: 16
- Norwood Borough — 0.88 percent of population; Cases: 52; Deaths: 4
- Parkside Borough — 1.29 percent of population; Cases: 30; Deaths: 0
- Prospect Park Borough — 1.59 percent of population; Cases: 103; Deaths: 17
- Radnor Township — 0.6 percent of population; Cases: 191; Deaths: 23
- Ridley Park Borough — 0.65 percent of population; Cases: 46; Deaths: 2
- Ridley Township — 0.71 percent of population; Cases: 222; Deaths: 10
- Rose Valley Borough — 0.11 percent of population; Cases: 1; Deaths: 0
- Rutledge Borough — 0.25 percent of population; Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
- Sharon Hill Borough — 2.03 percent of population; Cases: 115; Deaths: 2
- Springfield Township — 0.82 percent of population; Cases: 200; Deaths: 15
- Swarthmore Borough — 0.48 percent of population; Cases: 31; Deaths: 0
- Thornbury Township — 0.36 percent of population; Cases: 28; Deaths: 2
- Tinicum Township — 0.78 percent of population; Cases: 32; Deaths: 0
- Trainer Borough — 1.47 percent of population; Cases: 27; Deaths: 1
- Upland Borough — 0.85 percent of population; Cases: 28; Deaths: 0
- Upper Chichester Township — 0.81 percent of population; Cases: 138; Deaths: 9
- Upper Darby Township — 1.44 percent of population; Cases: 1,198; Deaths: 35
- Upper Providence Township — 0.83 percent of population; Cases: 86; Deaths: 9
- Yeadon Borough — 3.73 percent of population; Cases: 428; Deaths: 41
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