First State Times

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

Of the 75,072 tests administered to Delaware residents in May, 13,068 were positive.

By May, Delaware had 251,887 total confirmed COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

The virus and its complications have claimed 2,666 lives by the end of May.

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 May	New Confirmed Case
1	105
2	259
3	404
4	355
5	357
6	336
7	254
8	233
9	329
10	578
11	550
12	593
13	518
14	454
15	255
16	406
17	749
18	668
19	621
20	597
21	447
22	270
23	396
24	721
25	505
26	528
27	441
28	409
29	226
30	100
31	404