Delaware’s coronavirus numbers slipped slightly, but state health officials report 3 new deaths.
Delaware also added 196 new cases to its total, the lowest single-day number in nearly a week. But its seven-day rolling average remains just under 343.
The three additional deaths raise Delaware’s death toll to 742 since March.
Statewide hospitalizations held steady at 153 for a second straight day.
The average percentage of positive tests in Delaware stayed the same for a third straight day – holding at 5.5 percent.
Gov. John Carney announced new restrictions to try to slow the increasing spread of coronavirus yesterday. They include restricting all indoor public gatherings and restaurants to 30 percent of a venue’s fire code capacity with a 50-person cap. Private gatherings in homes can have no more than 10 people.
Those new restrictions go into effect Monday at 8 a.m.
