Another two Mainers have died as health officials on Tuesday reported 223 more coronavirus cases across the state.
The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 2,865. This is an estimation of the current number of active cases in the state, as the Maine CDC is no longer tracking recoveries for all patients. That’s up from 2,831 on Monday.
A man and a woman in their 80s from Oxford and Penobscot counties have succumbed to the virus, bringing the statewide death toll to 738.
TRACKING THE CORONAVIRUS IN MAINE
Tuesday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 50,253, according to the Maine CDC. That’s up from 50,030 on Monday.
Of those, 38,593 have been confirmed positive, while 11,660 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.
The new case rate statewide Tuesday was 1.67 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 375.47.
Maine’s seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 214.9, up from 201.1 a day ago, up from 199.7 a week ago and up from 172.9 a month ago. That average peaked on Jan. 14 at 625.3.
The most cases have been detected in Mainers in their 20s, while Mainers over 80 years old make up the majority of deaths. More cases and deaths have been recorded in women than men. For a complete breakdown of the age and sex demographics of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, use the interactive graphic below.
So far, 1,666 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 78 are currently hospitalized, with 24 in critical care and seven on a ventilator. Currently, 93 out of 374 critical care beds and 247 out of 319 ventilators are available. Meanwhile, 446 alternative ventilators are available.
The total statewide hospitalization rate on Tuesday was 12.45 patients per 10,000 residents.
Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (5,269), Aroostook (1,397), Cumberland (13,922), Franklin (984), Hancock (1,041), Kennebec (4,268), Knox (803), Lincoln (653), Oxford (2,529), Penobscot (4,584), Piscataquis (382), Sagadahoc (977), Somerset (1,369), Waldo (705), Washington (760) and York (10,608) counties. Information about where an additional two cases were reported wasn’t immediately available.
For a complete breakdown of the county by county data, use the interactive graphic below.
Out of 5,157 COVID-19 tests reported to the Maine CDC in the previous 24 hours, 4.9 percent came back positive. Overall, 2,076,157 tests have been administered and the statewide positivity rate is 2.66 percent.
An additional 4,685 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. As of Tuesday, 417,685 Mainers have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 259,077 have received a final dose.
New Hampshire reported 313 new cases on Tuesday and no deaths. Vermont reported 182 new cases and no deaths, and Massachusetts reported 1,500 new cases and 15 deaths.
As of Tuesday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 30,335,188 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 caused 550,121 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.