152 more coronavirus cases have been reported across Maine – Bangor Daily News

Another 152coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, Maine health officials said Thursday.

Thursdays report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 70,996,according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Thats up from 70,844 on Wednesday.

Of those, 51,743have been confirmed positive, while 19,253were classified as probable cases, the Maine CDC reported.

No new deaths were reported Thursday, leaving the statewide death toll at 900.

The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 1,216. 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 1,170 on Wednesday.

The new case rate statewide Thursday was 1.14 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 530.45.

Maines seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 107.6, up from 102.9 a day ago, up from 69 a week ago and up from 20 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 and deaths have been recorded in women than men.

So far, 2,162 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 44 people are currently hospitalized, with 18 in critical care and seven on ventilators.

The total statewide hospitalization rate on Thursday was 16.15 patients per 10,000 residents.

Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (8,530), Aroostook (2,010), Cumberland (17,661), Franklin (1,426), Hancock (1,439), Kennebec (6,774), Knox (1,204), Lincoln (1,132), Oxford (3,712), Penobscot (6,579), Piscataquis (613), Sagadahoc (1,491), Somerset (2,356), Waldo (1,189), Washington (966) and York (13,907) counties. Information about where an additional seven cases were reported wasnt immediately available.

An additional 890 vaccine doses were administered in the previous 24 hours. As of Wednesday, 770,905 Mainers have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 818,713 have received a final dose.

New Hampshire reported 122 new cases on Thursday and one death. Vermont reported 52 new cases and no deaths, while Massachusetts reported 1,032 new cases and five deaths.

AAs of Thursday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 35,347,582 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 614,858 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.

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