The Division of Public Health announced 147 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Younger adults continue to make up the lion’s share of Delaware’s cases. Thirty-two percent of the cases statewide can be attributed to people between the ages of 18 and 34, while 23% can be attributed to those aged 35 to 46 and 20% can be attributed to those aged 50 to 64.
Those aged 17 and younger make up less than 10 percent of the state’s total case load while those 65 or older make up 16% of Delaware’s cases.
Still, senior citizens make up 85% of all those who have died in Delaware. Those aged 50-64 constitute another 11% of the deaths. Residents of long-term care facilities constitute about 59% of the COVID-19 deaths statewide.
The state announced one new death on Sunday, an 80-year-old living in a long-term care facility in Sussex County who had an underlying health condition.
In Delaware, women are more likely to contract and die from COVID-19 than men.