Maine CDC reports 357 new cases of coronavirus, plus 20 deaths

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 357 cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday and 20 additional deaths, mainly earlier this month, as the state increases its vaccination schedule, extending eligibility for public safety officials and people aged 70 or older. more.

The state is also providing more doses of vaccines to long-term care facilities. On Friday, public health officials reported giving 8,827 doses the day before – a Maine record. On Saturday, 108,519 inhabitants of the continent received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and 36,837 received a second, which means that there were a total of 7,825 new doses on Friday.

Cumulative coronavirus cases in the state rose to 39,168 on Saturday. Of these, 31,567 were confirmed by testing and 7,601 are considered probable cases of COVID-19. The seven-day average of new daily cases was 367.6 on Saturday.

Five hundred and ninety people have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in Maine. Eighteen of the 20 deaths reported on Saturday occurred earlier – between 10 and 23 January – and have now been attributed to COVID-19. Of the deceased, 15 were women and five were men. Thirteen were 80 years old or more, four were 70 years old, one was 60 years old and two were 50 years old. Two were from Androscoggin County, four from Aroostook, three from Cumberland, one from Kennebec, one from Oxford, five from Penobscot, one from Washington and three from York County.

The increased distribution of the vaccine has not been accompanied by more doses from the federal government – or at least not yet, state officials said on Friday. The Biden government has announced that, starting next week, states will receive 16 percent more doses over the next three weeks.

Until that happens, Maine is allocating more doses of the same supply across the state.

The percentage of the population of Maine who received their first dose was 8% on Saturday. The state’s population is 1.34 million, according to the US Census Bureau.

Also last week, state education officials changed the risk category in Cumberland County to reopening the school to “green”, meaning that the risk of spreading COVID-19 is low enough for face-to-face education.

Until recently, a high-risk “yellow” designation meant that state officials recommended that schools avoid extracurricular activities, such as school sports. But last week, the Maine Principals’ Association announced that it would take color designations as recommendations for personal learning only, not activities such as sports.

Positive trends in Cumberland County and elsewhere led Governor Janet Mills last week to suspend the 9pm curfew across the state for indoor dining. From Monday, these companies can resume normal hours.

County by county in Maine since the pandemic began, there were 4,302 cases of coronavirus in Androscoggin, 1,129 in Aroostook, 11,160 in Cumberland, 767 in Franklin, 773 in Hancock, 3,102 in Kennebec, 577 in Knox, 468 in Lincoln, 1,905 in Oxford , 3,408 in Penobscot, 200 in Piscataquis, 772 in Sagadahoc, 1,084 in Somerset, 507 in Waldo, 618 in Washington and 8,389 in York.

By age, 14.7 percent of patients were under 20 years old, while 17.9 percent were 20 years old, 14.5 percent were 30 years old, 13.1 percent were 40 years old, 15.4 percent were 50 years old, 11.8 percent were 60 years old, 6.8 percent were in their 70s, and 5.8 percent were 80 or older.

Of 161 COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals on Saturday, 51 were in intensive care and 27 were on ventilators. The state had 93 intensive care unit beds available out of a total of 391, and 228 ventilators available out of 320. There were also 443 alternative ventilators.

Worldwide late Saturday afternoon, there were more than 102.3 million known cases of COVID-19 and 2.2 million deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States had 26 million cases and 438,451 deaths.

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