The Maini Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 142 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as two additional deaths.
To date, 158 deaths in Maine have been linked to coronavirus, including two recent cases involving a man from Knox County in the 80s and a woman from Walldo County in the 70s. While Covid-1 from Maine has one of the lowest mortality rates in the country, the number of casualties linked to the Maine virus is on the rise – including four additional deaths reported on Tuesday – as the virus continues to rise across the state.
Hospitalization is also reaching their highest level during the eight-month-long epidemic as Maine has experienced the highest virus reproduction rate in the country.
The Maine CDC admitted 59 patients to the hospital on Tuesday – the top embarrassment of the 60 people admitted to the hospital on May 26 – with 16 people in critical treatment care and six connected to a ventilator. The state has 100 critical care beds and 246 available ventilators as of Tuesday. But individuals who are particularly susceptible to new infections and viruses are more likely to continue hospitalization due to the interval between acute onset of symptoms.
According to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center tracking UV. Infections are at the top of 10 million and about 240,000 people die, with MV-19 cases on the rise across the country.
The Maine CDC has reported 8,202 cases since the virus was first detected in mid-March. Of those, 7,300 have been confirmed while 902 were listed as “potential” cases on Wednesday. The 142 new cases reported on Wednesday are down from 204 on Monday and 172 on Tuesday.
The seven-day rolling average for the new case fell slightly to 163.7 on Wednesday, below 165. But that is seven times the 27.1 rolling seven-day average recorded four weeks ago and almost three times the rate two weeks earlier. , Reflecting the rapid spread of the virus in the state.
On Tuesday, the Maine CDC said five counties in Maine – Franklin, Knox, Waldo, Somerset and Washington – were experiencing “high or significant community transmission” of the virus. According to the website rt.live, which monitors the spread of the virus using publicly available data, Maine had the highest virus reproduction rate in the country, also known as the R number.
State health officials are urging Maine residents to be vigilant about wearing facial ingots, which are required in all public settings, as well as to maintain physical distance. Although the Maine CDC continues to find and detect new epidemics, Director Dr. Nirav Shah has been warning for weeks that the rapid growth of Maine’s case mostly involves people gathering in small groups – family members, friends or co-workers – when wearing masks or not keeping proper distance.
This story will be updated.
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