First State Times

2.9 percent of COVID-19 tests in March came back positive, according to the State of Delaware.

Of the 79,150 tests administered to Delaware residents in March, 2,288 were positive.

By March, Delaware had 235,271 total confirmed COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

The virus and its complications have claimed 2,610 lives by the end of March.

A state of emergency declared by Governor John C. Carney in early 2022 requiring indoor masking in schools expired at the beginning of March.

The recent surge of the Omicron COVID-19 variant caused "an unpleasant mixture of dread, fatigue and deja vu" almost two years into the pandemic, according to a report from McKinsey & Company.

Past data is continually updated by the State's health department.

Day in March	New Confirmed Case
1	170
2	110
3	101
4	79
5	80
6	35
7	71
8	107
9	73
10	66
11	76
12	64
13	37
14	52
15	73
16	81
17	72
18	67
19	49
20	44
21	62
22	82
23	72
24	71
25	73
26	42
27	28
28	68
29	100
30	84
31	99