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DMV reacts to surge of COVID-19 cases

1 day ago
Most chairs at the Georgetown Department of Motor Vehicles are off limits to minimize customer...

Registration open for people 50 and older who want...

10 months ago
Registration expanded March 23 to anyone 50 and older who wants to be vaccinated against COVID-19...

Vaccination venues expand as more receive shots

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Vaccination waitlists are opening up to more people, and more venues are offering shots as Delaware...

Positive COVID-19 cases flatten over the past week

10 months ago
The seven-day average of new positive cases increased slightly to 205.1, and the percentage of...

State of emergency extended for another month

10 months ago
Gov. John Carney extended his state of emergency order March 19 for the 13th time since the...

May Day to turn into vaccination-for-all day in...

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
May Day will be more than International Workers’ Day this year as state officials aim to open...

Spring sports: Let the games begin

10 months ago
Sports, with their elements of competition, fairness and teamwork, play an outsized and positive...

State puts out call for people 65 and older to get...

10 months ago
More than 2,500 appointments are available for a weekend vaccination event in Dover for seniors who...

Vaccines open to 50 and older, and younger with...

10 months ago
Delaware will allow residents 50 and older, and those younger with health conditions to receive...

Beebe email: More eligible for vaccine

Melissa Steele and Nick Roth
10 months ago
An email sent March 14 to people on Beebe Healthcare's vaccine waiting list expanded eligibility to...

Scenes from a year under COVID-19

10 months ago

Vaccine effort continues to focus on elderly,...

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
The state is vaccinating more people per day than ever, has more vaccines stockpiled and continues...

First South African COVID variant reported in Delaware

10 months ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health announced the first case of the South African COVID variant...

Vaccinations open for educators, school personnel

10 months ago
Delaware’s COVID-19 vaccination effort expanded to educators, school staff, and child care workers...

Week 49: Johnson & Johnson vaccine rolls out

Ron MacArthur
10 months ago
The state is getting 8,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine. About 5,000 of the...

What a difference a year makes

Ron MacArthur
10 months ago
No sawdust-covered floors, no cigar-scented air, no free-flowing beer and no foot-stomping music...

Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Delaware has received its first 8,000-dose allotment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and has...
Update

Delaware awaits Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine

Melissa Steele
10 months ago
Delaware is expected to receive 8,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following its...

Week 47: Phase 1B second doses ramp up

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
On Feb. 19, Gov. John Carney signed the seventh modification to the state of emergency, increasing...

Vaccines offered to child care providers in Dover

11 months ago
A vaccination event Saturday, Feb. 27 will provide vaccines for a bout 2,500 Delaware child care...

State moving through second doses

Melissa Steele
11 months ago
Mass vaccination events in Dover have helped whittle down the number of people waiting for a second...

Flags fly at half-staff for half million COVID deaths

11 months ago
Delaware flags will be flown at half-staff until Feb. 26 following orders by President Joe Biden...

Dover Speedway hosts COVID-19 drive-through clinic

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
State and federal officials are geared up to administer nearly 19,000 second doses of COVID-19...

Second shots open for all by appointment only

11 months ago
Anyone who got a COVID-19 shot before Jan. 22 and still needs a second shot can make an appointment...

Cases, hospitalizations, rate of COVID-19 all declining

11 months ago
Cases, hospitalizations and rate of infection are all trending downward in the latest statistics...

Indoor groups, gyms allowed to increase capacity

11 months ago
Indoor gatherings and gyms are allowed to increase capacity a bit following an order signed by Gov...

Week 46: Second-dose initiative continues

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
In order to accommodate more residents who need second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, a drive-thru...

DOC improves ventilation as number of COVID-19 cases...

11 months ago
The Delaware Department of Correction is improving ventilation at its facilities and vaccinating...
Update

State partners with FEMA for upcoming vaccine events

Melissa Steele
11 months ago
Delaware has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offer a six-day vaccination...

Second-dose vaccination events already full

Melissa Steele
11 months ago
Vaccination events planned this week are already fully booked, and the state says those who were...

Week 44: A downward trend in Sussex County

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
Statewide and Sussex County COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations are trending down in early...

Registration opens for second-dose vaccines

11 months ago
Registration is open for countywide vaccination events planned Feb. 15-19, but anyone attending...

State shifts focus to second shots

Melissa Steele
11 months ago
Delaware is shifting its focus this week to administering second shots to 3,800 people who received...

Week 43: Outreach needed to vaccinate minorities

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
At his weekly press briefing Feb. 2, Gov. John Carney said state health officials are geared up to...

Delaware ready for more vaccines

Melissa Steele and Nick Roth
11 months ago
After weeks of vaccine rollouts across the state – many with lengthy lines and hours-long waits –...

Increased occupancy allowed for restaurants, gyms,...

11 months ago
Restrictions on businesses and sports competitions are set to ease in Gov. John Carney’s latest...

Delaware pushes to vaccinate more elderly, underserved

11 months ago
Delaware’s vaccination effort will focus on reaching more elderly and underserved, minority...

Bill extends outdoor seating, to-go drinks for...

Melissa Steele
11 months ago
A bill to continue outdoor seating and alcoholic drinks to-go at restaurants and bars for another...

COVID test sites set up this week

11 months ago
COVID-19 community testing sites will be held throughout Delaware this week, including pop-up and...

COVID hospitalizations drop by 100 over past week

11 months ago
The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 dropped by 100 over the past week as the number of...

Three cases of UK COVID-19 variant confirmed in...

11 months ago
The first three cases of United Kingdom COVID-19 were confirmed in Delaware by the Division of...

Week 42: Ups and downs of vaccine roll out

Ron MacArthur
11 months ago
The first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Sussex County Jan. 23 and 24 at the Georgetown...

Vaccination effort moves to delivering more first doses

Melissa Steele
11 months ago
Delaware is focusing its vaccine efforts on first doses for eligible people, as the state's COVID-...

State of Emergency continues

11 months ago
Gov. John Carney formally extended the State of Emergency declaration Jan. 25 for another 30 days...

Sussex vaccination events attract thousands

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
Long lines and wait times again greeted residents at mass vaccinations sites across the state for...

Vaccinations expanded, available by appointment only

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
As Delaware prepares to extend vaccinations to more people, questions remain on how the shots given...

Week 41: Mass vaccination clinics begin

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
Starting Jan. 20, the state has moved to Phase 1B in its COVID-19 vaccination plan, with a focus on...

Delaware to open Phase 1B vaccinations this week

1 year ago
Gov. John Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health announced Jan. 19 that the state will...

Long lines at Dover vaccination site

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
A mass vaccination site in Dover over the weekend gave shots to everyone who showed up, even those...

COVID deaths pass 1,000 mark

1 year ago
The number of Delawareans who have died from COVID-19 surpassed the 1,000 mark last week as...

Week 40: Curfew lifted on restaurants and bars

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
Gov. John Carney has lifted the 10 p.m. curfew placed on restaurants and bars. Health officials...

First pediatric COVID-19 death reported in Delaware

1 year ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health on Jan. 8 reported the first death of a child from COVID-19...

Carney calls for hybrid learning at all schools

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
Bringing students back to school, albeit part time in school and the rest remotely, is the state's...

Bar, restaurant curfew lifted in latest order

1 year ago
A curfew has been lifted on bars and restaurants in the latest update to Gov. John Carney’s...

Beebe COVID hospitalizations nearing spring peak

Nick Roth
1 year ago
Beebe Healthcare President and CEO Dr. David Tam says the number of patients hospitalized in the...

Week 39: Schools urged to return to hybrid learning

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
Gov. Carney is urging schools not already back on a hybrid schedule following the holiday break to...

Division of Public Health says game on

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
After some ambiguity as to whether winter sports competitions may begin Monday, Jan. 11, a public...

Winter sports competitions uncertain

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
Winter high school sports may already have competitions scheduled after Jan. 11, but whether they...

State Legislature to continue meeting virtually

Melissa Steele
1 year ago
Delaware's General Assembly will pick up from the end of its last session and continue to meet...

Governor urges schools to return to hybrid learning...

1 year ago
In a letter to school leaders, educators and parents Jan. 5, Gov. John Carney, the Delaware...