First State Times

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

Of the 53,169 tests administered to Delaware residents in August, 8,951 were positive.

By August, Delaware had 275,298 total confirmed COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

The virus and its complications have claimed 2,781 lives by the end of August.

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

Day in August	New Confirmed Case
1	366
2	488
3	452
4	357
5	411
6	249
7	138
8	352
9	454
10	407
11	328
12	356
13	223
14	155
15	274
16	389
17	306
18	305
19	293
20	203
21	139
22	236
23	309
24	246
25	267
26	284
27	167
28	98
29	209
30	254
31	236