Delaware COVID-19 Hospitalizations with Weekly ICU and County Data

Weekly COVID-19 hospitalization numbers for Delaware, including current and new hospitalizations and ICU cases. The data is sourced from data.delaware.gov and was last updated on 2026-01-01. After April 30, 2024, reporting became voluntary, which may affect data completeness for later periods.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in hospital capacity using the `value`, `indicator`, and `end_date` columns.
• Compare hospitalization rates across different counties in Delaware using the `county` and `value` columns.
• Track the proportion of severe cases requiring intensive care by filtering the `indicator` column for ICU-related metrics.
• Assess the impact of reporting policy changes by comparing data before and after the `start_date` of April 30, 2024.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple granular indicators such as `indicator`, `county`, and `age_adjusted` for detailed analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• The description provides a clear caveat about the shift from mandatory to voluntary reporting after April 30, 2024.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data after April 30, 2024 is based on voluntary reporting and may not represent all hospitalizations.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.delaware.gov

Collection Method

Originally reported by hospitals; reporting became voluntary after April 30, 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-01 19:06:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Delaware, United States, with potential county-level granularity.