First State Times

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

Of the 53,329 tests administered to Delaware residents in July, 9,908 were positive.

By July, Delaware had 268,113 total confirmed COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

The virus and its complications have claimed 2,720 lives by the end of July.

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 July	New Confirmed Case
1	300
2	229
3	131
4	153
5	285
6	387
7	324
8	324
9	284
10	184
11	296
12	367
13	371
14	357
15	352
16	280
17	201
18	383
19	461
20	391
21	421
22	357
23	294
24	222
25	369
26	480
27	407
28	362
29	380
30	300
31	256