UPDATE: Worldwide IT outage impacting Delmarva

11 a.m. UPDATE: Atlantic General Hospital and Health System is continuing to maintain normal operations.

All hospital departments, as well as outpatient centers and physician practices, are currently functional and operating. Patients with scheduled visits, tests, and procedures may notice some minor delays, as registration processes will take a bit longer.

Should operations change, patients will be contacted directly to reschedule appointment times.

Additionally, the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles is closed for the day. All phones are down.

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9:55 a.m. UPDATE: TidalHealth says all physician offices will open for appointments at 10 a.m. If you had an appointment scheduled before 10 a.m., the office will reschedule your appointment.

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DELMARVA – Flights, banks, and media outlets across the world were impacted by a widespread technology outage Friday morning.

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has said the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack.

As of 6:30 a.m., TidalHealth Penisula Regional and TidalHealth Nanticoke hospitals were functional with limited interruptions. All clinical operations and life-saving equipment is working, and command centers are open and staffed at both hospitals. All appointments are canceled until 10 a.m., at which point officials will reassess operations for the day. All ambulatory outpatient labs in the local communities will be closed Friday, however, the outpatient labs at both hospitals will remain open.

As of 9 a.m., Worcester County Health Department officials say their offices have been affected by the outage. Those in need of Vital Records services should call 410-632-1100, as they are currently unavailable digitally.

Delaware Governor John Carney says that public safety services are currently operating normally in the First State, but that other state services may experience delays while service is restored.