14 more Mainers have died and another 660 coronavirus cases reported across the state – Bangor Daily News

Fourteenmore Mainers have died while health officials on Wednesday reported another 660coronavirus cases across the state.

Wednesdays report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 105,781,according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Thats up from 105,121 on Tuesday.

Of those, 75,534have been confirmed positive, while 30,247were classified as probable cases, the Maine CDC reported.

Nine men and five women have succumbed to the virus, bringing the statewide death toll to 1,193.

Five were in their 80s or older, four in their 70s, four in their 60s and one in their 50s. Of those, four were from Androscoggin County, one from Aroostook County, two from Franklin County, one from Lincoln County, four from Penobscot County, one from Washington County and one from York County.

The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 6,525. 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. Thats up from 6,514 on Tuesday.

The new case rate statewide Wednesday was 4.93 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 790.35.

Maines seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 473.9, up from 466.9 the day before, up from 459.6 a week ago and down from 607.4 a month ago. That average peaked on Jan. 14 at 625.3.

The most cases have been detected in Mainers younger than 20, while Mainers over 80 years old make up the majority of deaths. More cases have been recorded in women and more deaths in men.

So far, 2,832 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 212 are currently hospitalized, with 76 in critical care and 37 on a ventilator. Overall, 55 out of 342 critical care beds and 213 out of 305 ventilators are available.

The total statewide hospitalization rate on Wednesday was 21.16 patients per 10,000 residents.

Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (11,099), Aroostook (4,133), Cumberland (22,340), Franklin (2,451), Hancock (2,959), Kennebec (10,135), Knox (2,114), Lincoln (1,873), Oxford (5,366), Penobscot (12,467), Piscataquis (1,353), Sagadahoc (2,067), Somerset (4,594), Waldo (2,544), Washington (1,992) and York (18,292) counties. Information about where an additional two cases were reported wasnt immediately available.

An additional 5,110 vaccine doses were administered in the previous 24 hours. As of Wednesday, 947,530 Mainers are fully vaccinated, or about 80 percent of eligible Mainers, according to the Maine CDC.

New Hampshire reported 381 new cases on Wednesday and four deaths. Vermont reported 173 new cases and one death, while Massachusetts reported 1,264 new cases and 28 deaths.

As of Wednesday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 46,182,380 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 748,943 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.

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