The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 333 more cases of coronavirus on Sunday, along with the deaths of four more people.
In total, there have been 21,880 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 18,769 confirmed cases and 3,111 probable cases. A total of 323 people died.
The CDC did not report the case numbers on Saturday because the state laboratory that processes the test samples did not do so on Christmas Day and other laboratories that normally report to the CDC also did not.
The number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Maine was not immediately available on Sunday morning. As of Friday, 185 people were hospitalized. Fifty-four people were in intensive care and 16 people were on a ventilator. The seven-day average of new daily cases is 448, an increase of 431 the previous week.
Cumberland County led the way in new cases reported on Sunday, with 138, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable cases from that county to 6,610 since the pandemic began. York County has reported 100 new cases for a total of 4,400. The second highest number of new cases reported on Sunday was in Kennebec County, where 21 new cases have raised the county total to 1,611 so far.
Androscoggin County continues to have the highest case rate in Maine’s 16 counties, with 227 cases per 10,000 residents.
The state continues to implement vaccines and will prioritize healthcare professionals, residents and staff from long-term care institutions with remittances due this week. More than 16,200 people have been vaccinated by Saturday.
Volunteers are also intervening to help vaccinate frontline health workers amid high demand for the vaccine and a process that is more time consuming and laborious than some had predicted.
Congress overwhelmingly approved a $ 2.3 trillion spending package that includes $ 900 billion in pandemic relief, but the president has yet to sign the legislation. Millions of Americans are likely to see a drop in unemployment benefits as the pandemic continues and relief for businesses, families and schools remains uncertain.
Across the country, there was an average of 188,892 new daily cases per day last week, a decrease of nine percent from the average two weeks ago, according to the New York Times. Many states are improving the number of new cases reported, but deaths remain high. Maine is still doing well compared to other states in terms of average new cases per 100,000 people, but the state also continues to see the highest numbers in the pandemic.
This story will be updated.
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