AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has up to date its record of COVID-19 instances, hospitalizations and deaths within the state of Maine.
Maine CDC conducts case investigations and call tracing Monday by means of Friday. Consequently, COVID-19 case information might be up to date Tuesday by means of Saturday. Case information won’t be up to date Sunday and Monday or on holidays.
“Every day case counts are, and all the time have been, an underestimate of the true variety of instances on the market,” Dr. Nirav Shah, Director of the Maine CDC, mentioned. “At this level within the pandemic, case counts are the not the metric of the second.”
Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 7,674 instances, 116 hospitalizations and 49 deaths. This information consists of a rise of no new instances since yesterday’s replace.
Waldo County, since March 2020, has recorded 7,680 instances, 144 hospitalizations and 76 deaths. This information consists of a rise of six new instances since yesterday’s replace.
Lincoln County, since March 2020, has recorded 6,598 instances, 108 hospitalizations and 41 deaths. This information consists of a rise of 1 new case since yesterday’s replace.
The above information represents the variety of full-time Maine residents who’ve been examined for COVID-19, in accordance with the Maine CDC.
“Knowledge are about people who declare residency in Maine no matter what state they had been examined in, or the place they’re at present residing,” the Maine CDC says. “For instance, a person who claims residency in Maine however lives in Florida will seem on this information even when they had been residing in Florida on the time of sickness. County listings are by residence of affected person, not location of the hospital or testing location.”
There have been greater than 300,300 confirmed and possible instances of COVID-19 throughout the state because the outbreak started in March 2020. A confirmed case represents when SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected utilizing a molecular amplification check (e.g. PCR) from any permitted lab.
Throughout the state, 2,718 people have handed away because the begin of the outbreak after testing optimistic for COVID-19.
The cumulative variety of individuals hospitalized, sooner or later throughout their sickness, throughout the state because the begin of the outbreak stands at greater than 6,200.
Taking a look at current statewide hospital COVID-19 information, there are presently 126 hospitalized, together with 19 in important care and none on a ventilator.
