The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) provided its weekly update regarding the most recent statistics on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, May 6, 2021. In all, 1,370 new cases were announced in the past week for a total of 105,775 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents, reported to DPH since March 11, 2020. That's an average of 196 new cases daily since the last report, possibly the lowest number in months. The total number of cases equals over ten percent of Delaware's population (about 990,000 according to 2020 U.S. Census). As of today, 115 individuals are currently hospitalized (a net decrease of 51 from last week), of whom, 12 are critically ill.