The Delaware State Fair kicks back into gear this week. Photo by Suliman Sallehi/Pexels It’s that time of the year: The Delaware State Fair will return to the Harrington Fairgrounds this week, bringing eclectic foods, rides, music and more. This year’s event, dubbed ‘Your Passport to Summer Fun,’ will be held between Thursday, July 22 and Saturday, …
The Delta variant of COVID-19 is causing a rising number of cases. The COVID-19 delta variant is now the predominant strain of the coronavirus in Delaware, The Division of Public Health said in a Friday press release. Variants are mutations of the virus, including changes to the spikes on the surface of the virus. Some variants are more transmissible …
The number of COVID-19 cases attributed to the Delta variant jumped last week. State officials blamed the Delta variant Tuesday night for increased numbers of COVID-19 cases in Delaware. During an online town hall meeting, the officials also talked about a new type of testing, whether a vaccine booster shot will be needed and COVID-19 regulations that will be …
A Dunkin’ franchisee who says he can’t get enough change from is bank will buy coins. Photo by Jeff Weese of Pexels Hot coffee, donuts, breakfast sandwiches and free money. What do these things have in common? All of them are being offered at four Wilmington-area Dunkin’ locations. Before you start the car and drive off to …
While Delaware’s percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests continues to drift up, vaccinations do, too. The Delaware Division of Public Health said Friday in a press release that the state is just 14 cases away from topping the 110,000 mark of COVID-19 cases reported tot he state. The seven-day average of new positive cases decreased to 24.1 as of …
The state’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard for Wednesday. Delaware’s COVID-19 numbers have crept up slightly in the last 10 days. Tuesday’s state dashboard said the state is now averaging 27 new cases per day over the last week with a testing rate of 1.5%. That’s up from an average daily case rate of 14.1 the week of June 19-25, …
In Gov. John Carney’s last weekly COVID-19 press briefing, state officials announced that the average life expectancy has gone down because of the virus and that pharmacies have been doing a larger part of vaccination over the last month. Carney said last week that with a rising number of vaccinations and declining number of cases, and with his emergency …
Delaware is sitting at 69.8% of the eligible population vaccinated. Delaware is thisclose to making its Fourth of July goal to give at least one dose of vaccine to 70% of those eligible to take them. The state said in a press release Monday afternoon that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 69.8% of Delawareans …
Delaware’s average of new positive cases dropped to 20.6%, a full 10 percentage points down from last week, as the number of vaccinated people creeped closer to President Biden’s goal of 70% of those eligible for shots. The Delaware Division of Public Health also said Friday that 13 deaths were reported last week, 11 of them from a …
Gov. John Carney said Tuesday that he’s optimistic but not sure the state can vaccinate enough Delawareans before the Fourth of July to do its part to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70% of Americans with at least one dose of vaccine. But the number of COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths are declining so steadily, Carney …
