Public Health

About 70 percent of new cases reported Wednesday by the Delaware Division of Public Health were in Sussex County, the state’s coronavirus hot spot.

The state could need to conduct about 19,000 tests per day and employ as many as 2,000 contact tracers, numbers that far exceed current levels.

The reopenings take effect Saturday. Freelancers and gig workers to start receiving unemployment payments.

"Literally, ‘Pay me now and maybe you will get some stuff some time in the future,’ is where some vendors are starting," said one Berks County official.

More Americans have now died from coronavirus in less than two months than in the entire nine years of the Vietnam war — more than 58,000.

Brian Holcomb spent two decades making his greatest film. After his death from COVID-19, three childhood friends from Atco want to help him finish it.

Montgomery and Chester counties want to do more tests in jails and nursing homes, but state and federal regulations are getting in the way.

"These barbers, they're risking their lives, but they're doing fine," said one barbershop owner. "You going to die from infection or you going to die from starvation?"

Mayor Kenney: Don’t throw your gloves and wipes in the toilet!

Before the policy change, the Holiday Inn Express was restricted to homeless people who tested positive for COVID-19.

Antibodies that fought off coronavirus once might do so again. The treatment has been used for a century-plus, including in 1918’s influenza pandemic.

The $24 billion proposal, largely to widen the highways, faces fierce opposition. Gov. Phil Murphy also named 21 people for his COVID-19 restart team.

The hotbed for COVID-19 has shifted to Delaware’s southernmost county, home to its treasured beaches and agricultural industry.

After first saying it won't be open in time for Memorial Day, Ocean City now says it is going to try to partially reopen in time for the holiday weekend.

“It’s another Monday, and it’s another end-the-shutdown bill,” said state Rep. Kevin Boyle.