DELAWARE'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19 - Press Briefing March 30, 2021 de.gov/coronavirus

DELAWARE'S
 RESPONSE
TO COVID-19

    Press Briefing
    March 30, 2021

  de.gov/coronavirus

DATA UPDATE

    284.6                          5%
  New Cases                  Positive Tests
  7-day Average                7-day Average

      134                          1,559
Hospitalizations                Lives Lost

  View more COVID-19 data: de.gov/healthycommunity

TESTING TOTALS

659,958 1,563,337
  Total                           Total
 Persons                          Tests
 Tested                   Administered
  As of March 29, 2021           As of March 27, 2021

 View more COVID-19 data: de.gov/healthycommunity

CURRENT HOSPITALIZATIONS
April 9: 167                      November 2:     107

April 17 (PEAK): 337              December 4:     306

August 16 (LOW): 29            January 4, 2021:   431
                       (PEAK) January 12, 2021:   474
                              February 1, 2021:   326
                                March 9, 2021:     99

                        March 29, 2021: 134

NEW POSITIVE CASES

VACCINATION UPDATE

     Doses Administered
          449,293
                             Federal Pharmacy
Doses Delivered           Program Doses Delivered
   446,750                        104,795
            Doses Remaining
                102,252                 As of 03/30/2021 9:52 AM

  View more COVID-19 data: de.gov/healthycommunity

VACCINE PROGRESS

  Over 30% of all
   Delawareans:
  at least one shot

VACCINE PROGRESS

                            Seniors:
           96,517 fully vaccinated
                            Under 65:
         62,694 fully vaccinated

Data as of March 29, 2021

VACCINE PROGRESS

 78%
  Seniors
 Partly or Fully
  Vaccinated         35%
                   Age 16 & Up
                    Partly or Fully
                     Vaccinated

BEGINNING

     APRIL 6
 All Delawareans 16+
will be eligible for the
  COVID-19 vaccine
            Sign up:
  vaccinerequest.delaware.gov

BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2021
Outdoor
Gatherings                      150 people
(Outdoor weddings, funerals,
concerts, parades, festivals,
                                Higher with DPH-approved plan
conventions, fundraisers,
sporting events and fairs)

Outdoor
                                50% of stated fire capacity
Venues                          Higher with DPH-approved plan
(Over 100 sq ft)
Outdoor                         75% of stated fire capacity
Venues                          Higher with DPH-approved plan
(Under 100 sq ft)

Vaccination Events

Dover International Speedway

                               Vaccinating harder-to-reach
                                      communities

Dover International Speedway

Dr. Karyl Rattay

            Director
Delaware Division of Public Health

       de.gov/coronavirus

Areas of Concern
  Newark                                 Wilmington (19801)

Middletown                               Wilmington/
                                         Elsmere
 Townsend
                                         New Castle
                                         Delaware City

                                         Millville
             Data as of March 28, 2021

COVID VARIANTS IN
DELAWARE
Variants of Concern             Variants of Interest
                         # of                         # of
Variant     Origin              Variant    Origin
                        Cases                        Cases
           United                           New
B.1.1.7
          Kingdom        17     B.1.525
                                          York, US     1
            South                           New
B.1.351
            Africa        1     B.1.526
                                          York, US    23
          California,
B.1.427
              US         2
          California,
B.1.429
              US         5

VACCINATION PROGRAM
MEDICAL PROVIDERS:
 • 16+ with health conditions
 • Non-paid caregivers

PHARMACIES:

 Now:                         April 6:
 All Delawareans 50+          All Delawareans 16+

STATE: vaccinerequest.delaware.gov
 Now:                           April 6:
 50+, frontline & essential
                                All Delawareans 16+
 workers, persons with
 disabilities, equity

CDC GUIDANCE: UPDATED
HEALTH RISK LIST

   View updated list of
   medical conditions
   that increase risk of
         COVID-19:
 de.gov/getmyvaccine

Director
       A.J. Schall

Delaware Emergency Management Agency

         de.gov/coronavirus

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/04/covid-testing/

“Do we want to know how well vaccines are working?
   We’re going to have to test,” said David O’Connor, a
   virologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “How
   are we going to know whether the variants are more
   contagious? We’re going to have to test. How are we
   going to know if the vaccines are effectively controlling
   the variants? We’re going to have to test.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/health/coronavirus-covid-testing.html

TESTING
 March 20 – March 26

    36,262
 March 13 – March 19

    34,505

Testing Events:
de.gov/gettested

VACCINATION EFFORT

• On-site registration with
  Curative

• Walmart

• Rite Aid

DOVER SPEEDWAY
THIS WEEKEND

• Second dose

• Essential workers

• 50+

Act with a sense of
community.
   • Wear a mask.
   • Keep your distance.
   • Wash your hands.
   • Get tested.
   • Download COVID Alert DE.
   • Get the vaccine when eligible.
   • Protect yourself and your
     neighbors.
   For the latest updates:
   de.gov/coronavirus