Delaware has seen an uptick in coronavirus cases throughout September. Now, officials are singling out Wilmington as a recent hotspot for the virus.
There have been more than 80 new cases in Wilmington over the past two weeks.
“It’s not alarming.” said Dr. Karyl Rattay, director of Delaware’s Division of Public Health. “But you see the trend going upwards. And you also see when you look at percent positive, compared to what we’re seeing in the state, you see this zip code is higher than the rest of the state.” That percent positive in Wilmington is around 9%. The state average is around 7%.
“Previously, we might not have responded to a community where we’ve seen slight increases,” added Rattay, “but where we are right now, we really want to respond.”