Another 156 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state and there are no new deaths, Maine health officials said Sunday.
The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed statewide in the past 14 days is 5,765. This is an estimate of the current number of active cases in the state, as the Maine CDC no longer tracks recovery for all patients. That’s down from 5949 on Saturday.
It was the smallest daily increase in coronavirus cases the state has seen since Nov. 15, when 149 cases were reported. That’s because Maine has seen a steady decline in the amount of daily growth in confirmed virus transmission, a trend that is reflected nationally.
Still, Sunday’s report remains well above the level that Maine saw before the wave of virus transmission that started in late October.
The statewide death toll remains at 590. It was the first time in the past week that Maine failed to record at least one death.
Sunday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 39,324, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from 39,168 on Saturday.
Of these, 31,689 have been positively confirmed, while 7,635 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.
The new statewide case on Sunday was 1.17 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total statewide cases was 293.81.
Maine’s seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 363, down from 367.3 a day ago, down from 455.1 a week ago, and down from 479 a month ago. That percentage has fallen steadily since January 14, when it peaked at 625.6.
Most cases have been discovered in Mainers in their 20s, while Mainers older than 80 make up the majority of deaths. More cases and deaths have been registered in women than in men. Use the interactive image below for a complete overview of the age and gender demographics of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
To date, 1,390 Mainers have ever been hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Of these, 160 Mainers are currently hospitalized, with 52 in intensive care and 29 on ventilators. Of the 391 intensive care beds, 95 are currently available. 224 of the 320 fans are now available. There are currently 443 alternative fans available.
The total statewide hospital admissions on Sunday was 10.39 patients per 10,000 residents.
Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (4,313), Aroostook (1,141), Cumberland (11,197), Franklin (771), Hancock (779), Kennebec (3,113), Knox (578), Lincoln (471), Oxford (1,908), Penobscot (3,420), Piscataquis (203), Sagadahoc (776), Somerset (1,089), Waldo (512), Washington (622) and York (8.429). Information on where two more cases were reported was not immediately available.
Use the interactive image below for a complete breakdown of province by province data.
Another 4,397 Mainers have been vaccinated against the corona virus in the past day. As of Sunday, 112,916 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, of which 38,407 have received two doses.
New Hampshire reported 524 new cases and six deaths on Sunday. Vermont reported 173 new cases and one death, and Massachusetts reported 4,108 new cases and 87 deaths.
As of Sunday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 26,091,122 people in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as killed 440,094, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
According to Bloomberg, 30.5 million doses of the vaccine have been administered nationwide.