State health officials announced 72 more positive cases of COVID-19 Saturday, bringing the total to 9,845 since March 11th.
Two new deaths were reported, pushing the state's death toll to 390. The latest deaths were two female residents of long-term care facilities, ages 62 and 92, one from New Castle County and one from Kent. Both had underlying health conditions.
Most of the new cases announced Sunday are in New Castle County, followed by Kent and then Sussex. Sussex County still has the most cases to date — with 4,342 since March 11.
The 5-day average for percent testing positive has ticked up each day since Monday. The number of new cases each day continues to trend downward since late last month.
Virus-related hospitalizations keep falling. As of Friday evening, 117 are hospitalized for the virus in Delaware, with 24 critically ill.
Just under 5,700 Delawareans have recovered so far, an increase of 65 from Friday.
Gov. John Carney also announced Saturday he is extending the state of emergency order he issued to combat COVID-19 again. By law, the order must be renewed every 30 days. Carney first enacted it March 12th. It was last extended on May 8th.
