Another man died after 217 cases of the new coronavirus were reported by health officials across the state on Thursday.
Thursday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 9,734. Of these, 732૨ have been positively confirmed, while 1,002 have been classified as “potential cases”, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The agency corrected Wednesday’s accumulated total to 9,519 from 9,517, meaning a net increase of 215 from the previous day’s report, state data showed. As the Mauni CDC continues to investigate previously reported cases, some are convinced that they were not coronaviruses, or coronaviruses, because they were not associated with marooners. It is removed from the accumulated total of the state. The Bangar Daily News, Maine reports on the number of new cases reported to the CDC instead of increasing the number of cases increasing every day in the previous 24 hours.
New cases have been reported in Androskogin (21), Aerostock (1), Cumberland (50), Franklin (9), Hancock (4), Canebeck (11), Knox (2), Lincoln (10), Ox Xford (15). . State data show that Penobascot (39), Sagadahawk (5), Somerset (5), Waldo (2), Washington (10) and York (31) counties. Information on where the additional two cases were reported was not immediately available.
No new cases were reported in just one county – Pisketacquis.
The seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 194.3, up from 193.3 a day earlier, 173.1 a week ago and 31 a month ago.
The 40-year-old woman from Canebeck County is the latest man to die from coronavirus, bringing the statewide death toll to 171. Almost all of the deaths occurred in miners over 60 years of age.
Thursday’s Maine CDC report said it would not investigate a suspected coronavirus case until confirmed by testing. As a result, fewer “potential” cases could be reported, but director Nirav Shah said on Wednesday that this did not mean the virus posed a lower risk.
The move is partly due to a three-week surge in new coronavirus cases and the fact that the flu season is approaching when miners may begin to develop coronavirus-like symptoms. Is.
Thursday also marked the fifth time in 10 days that more than 200 new cases have been reported. As the surge started less than three weeks ago, 3,000 new cases have been reported in the state. The same was seen when the first case was reported from March 12 to July 20.
Health officials have warned miners that the state is witnessing a “strong and widespread” community transition. Five counties are watching high community broadcasts: Franklin, Knox, Somerset, Waldo and Washington counties.
There are two criteria for establishing a community transmission: at least 10 confirmed cases and at least 25 percent of them are not connected to either known cases or travel.
So far, 613 majors have been hospitalized at some stage with the disease caused by Corovirus, Kovid-19. Of those, 88 are currently hospitalized, with 35 in critical condition and 19 on ventilators.
Meanwhile, more than 174 people have recovered from the coronavirus, bringing the total recovery to 7,403. That means there are 2,160 active confirmations and “potential” cases in the state, up from 2,120 on Wednesday.
The majority of cases – 5,806 – occurred in minors under the age of 50, while more cases were reported in women than men, the Maine CDC said.
As of Thursday, there have been 788,994 negative test results out of a total of 800,980. Maine CDC data show that about 1.45 percent of the tests came back positive.
The most severe impact has been on coronavirus in Cumberland, where 4,4115 cases have been reported and where most of the virus deaths have been concentrated at -0. Other cases have been reported in Androskogin (1,269), Aerostock (89), Franklin (179), Hancock (192), Canebeck (629), Knox (174), Lincoln (174), Ox Xford (267), and Penobascot (573). , Piscesquis (28), Sagadahawk (128), Somerset (370), Voldo (200), Washington (170) and York (1,921) counties. Information on where the additional three cases were reported was not immediately available.
As of Thursday morning, the coronavirus had infected 11,573,758 people in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. The Virgin Islands, as well as 251,029 people died, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
Correction: An earlier version of this report incorrectly reported the number of new cases reported in Androskogin County in the last 24 hours.
