First State Times

There were 14,200 new COVID-19 cases found across Delaware in May, according to the State of Delaware.

This is an increase of 9,408 from the month before.

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	161
2	114
3	233
4	472
5	418
6	475
7	399
8	254
9	269
10	401
11	581
12	606
13	660
14	598
15	446
16	299
17	646
18	711
19	832
20	686
21	628
22	314
23	323
24	504
25	556
26	726
27	536
28	638
29	343
30	205
31	166