First State Times

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

Of the 70,672 tests administered to Delaware residents in April, 4,744 were positive.

By April, Delaware had 239,605 total confirmed COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

The virus and its complications have claimed 2,636 lives by the end of April.

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 April	New Confirmed Case
1	85
2	54
3	38
4	85
5	152
6	163
7	124
8	121
9	91
10	73
11	83
12	232
13	216
14	154
15	186
16	146
17	78
18	110
19	256
20	189
21	208
22	233
23	147
24	94
25	196
26	311
27	238
28	257
29	244
30	180