While COVID-19 usually causes mild cases in children, it can cause serious illness or death and there is no way to predict who will get hit hard, a Nemours doctor says Communities can expect a surge of new COVID-19 cases two weeks after children go back to school, says a Nemours Children’s Health System doctor. The country also will …
State to mandate masks in all schools, state facilities; more rules to come
Delaware will require all school teachers, students and staff to wear masks indoors, even for sports. Gov. John Carney said Tuesday that masks must be worn in all public, private and parochial schools, as well as childcare homes and centers for those over the age of 2.. Carney also said state employees and visitors to state facilities must …
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 …
UD, WilmU, DelTech to require students to wear face masks in fall
The University of Delaware, Wilmington University and Delaware Technical Community College have changed their face mask policies for fall. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended both the vaccinated and unvaccinated wear masks indoors, especially in areas where the Delta variant is spreading rapidly. “To protect everyone in our community, Wilmington University has revised our …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – August 5, 2021
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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, …
New daily COVID-19 cases more than double in the last four weeks
The number of COVID-19 cases attributed to the Delta variant has allowed cases to double in a month. Thanks to the Delta variant, the number of new COVID-19 cases each day in Delaware has more than doubled in the last month. On June 25, the state Division of Public Health said the average daily number of new cases had …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – July 22, 2021
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Public Health: Delta variant is dominant strain of virus in Delaware
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 …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review – July 15, 2021
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Delaware COVID-19 cases drift up a bit; vaccines up, too
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, …













