Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker

Delaware News



  Category: Division of Public Health


Weekly COVID-19 Update – Sept 10, 2021: Daily COVID-19 Cases Hits Highest Number Since January

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, September 10, 2021

DOVER (SEPTEMBER 10, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, September 9, 2021. A total of 123,958 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. The […]




Deer in Rehoboth Beach Tests Positive for Rabies

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 10, 2021

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising Rehoboth Beach residents who live or spend time in the vicinity of Kings Creek Circle and Road 273 of a positive case of rabies in a white-tailed deer in the area. The deer was showing signs of symptoms and was removed from a residential property on […]




Fox in Greenwood Tests Positive for Rabies

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2021

DOVER, DE (Sept. 8, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising residents who live or spend time in the vicinity of Route 16 in Greenwood between Judy Road (Road 611) and Century Farm Road (Road 630) of a positive case of rabies in a fox that bit a human on Friday, Sept. […]




Weekly COVID-19 Update – Sept. 3, 2021: Hospitalizations, Cases Continue Concerning Trend Upward

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 3, 2021

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, September 2, 2021. A total of 121,283 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. The seven-day average […]




DPH Announces First Human Case of West Nile Virus Reported in Delaware Since 2018

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 3, 2021

The Division of Public Health (DPH) announced today that a 69-year-old Kent County man has become infected with West Nile Virus (WNV), the state’s first case of human WNV since 2018, when 10 human WNV cases were reported, including two deaths from the illness. An epidemiological investigation is currently ongoing to confirm any travel history […]







  Category: Division of Public Health

Weekly COVID-19 Update – Sept 10, 2021: Daily COVID-19 Cases Hits Highest Number Since January

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Friday, September 10, 2021

DOVER (SEPTEMBER 10, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, September 9, 2021. A total of 123,958 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. The […]




Deer in Rehoboth Beach Tests Positive for Rabies

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 10, 2021

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising Rehoboth Beach residents who live or spend time in the vicinity of Kings Creek Circle and Road 273 of a positive case of rabies in a white-tailed deer in the area. The deer was showing signs of symptoms and was removed from a residential property on […]




Fox in Greenwood Tests Positive for Rabies

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2021

DOVER, DE (Sept. 8, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is advising residents who live or spend time in the vicinity of Route 16 in Greenwood between Judy Road (Road 611) and Century Farm Road (Road 630) of a positive case of rabies in a fox that bit a human on Friday, Sept. […]




Weekly COVID-19 Update – Sept. 3, 2021: Hospitalizations, Cases Continue Concerning Trend Upward

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 3, 2021

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, September 2, 2021. A total of 121,283 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. The seven-day average […]




DPH Announces First Human Case of West Nile Virus Reported in Delaware Since 2018

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 3, 2021

The Division of Public Health (DPH) announced today that a 69-year-old Kent County man has become infected with West Nile Virus (WNV), the state’s first case of human WNV since 2018, when 10 human WNV cases were reported, including two deaths from the illness. An epidemiological investigation is currently ongoing to confirm any travel history […]