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DMV reacts to surge of COVID-19 cases

8 months 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...

1 year 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
1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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
1 year ago
May Day will be more than International Workers’ Day this year as state officials aim to open...

Spring sports: Let the games begin

1 year 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...

1 year 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...

1 year 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
1 year 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

1 year ago

Vaccine effort continues to focus on elderly,...

Melissa Steele
1 year 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

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

Vaccinations open for educators, school personnel

1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago
No sawdust-covered floors, no cigar-scented air, no free-flowing beer and no foot-stomping music...

Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives

Melissa Steele
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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

1 year 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
1 year 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

1 year 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
1 year 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

1 year 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

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

Indoor groups, gyms allowed to increase capacity

1 year 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
1 year 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...

1 year 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
1 year ago
Delaware has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offer a six-day vaccination...

Second-dose vaccination events already full

Melissa Steele
1 year 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
1 year ago
Statewide and Sussex County COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations are trending down in early...

Registration opens for second-dose vaccines

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

State shifts focus to second shots

Melissa Steele
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago
After weeks of vaccine rollouts across the state – many with lengthy lines and hours-long waits –...

Increased occupancy allowed for restaurants, gyms,...

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

Delaware pushes to vaccinate more elderly, underserved

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

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

Melissa Steele
1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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...

1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago
Delaware is focusing its vaccine efforts on first doses for eligible people, as the state's COVID-...

State of Emergency continues

1 year 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...

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...

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...

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...