COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall in Maine

The state reported on Sunday that the variety of sufferers hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to say no.

There at the moment are 169 individuals hospitalized statewide with the virus, down from final week, when there have been 193 hospitalized on Thursday and 178 on Saturday, in keeping with the Maine Heart for Illness Management and Prevention.

Of the 169 now hospitalized with coronavirus, 19 have been in crucial care models and 4 on a ventilator.

And when Maine is in comparison with the remainder of the nation, there’s extra enchancment.

Earlier in spring throughout the omicron variant surge, Maine was among the many most affected states, with excessive numbers of individuals contaminated with COVID-19. As of Sunday, Maine’s an infection charge appeared to have dramatically improved. It now has the thirty third highest case charge, in keeping with the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

The states on the highest of the listing now are Hawaii, Florida, Rhode Island, Delaware and California. Maine’s case charge for the final seven days is 142.8 for each 100,000 individuals . The nationwide common, in keeping with the CDC, is 205.8 instances per 100,000.

The federal authorities nonetheless ranks a lot of Maine as at medium or excessive threat of an infection unfold, however there’s been enchancment.

Half of Maine counties, together with Cumberland, at the moment are rated as low threat, with 4 counties categorized as medium  threat and 4 counties as excessive threat.

The low-risk counties are Cumberland, York, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Kennebec, Knox, Somerset and Waldo.

Medium-risk counties are Androscoggin, Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington, whereas the 4 remaining counties ranked at excessive threat are Aroostook, Franklin, Oxford and Piscataquis.

Masks sporting in public, indoor areas just isn’t advisable for low-risk counties, however that doesn’t imply the virus just isn’t circulating. In medium-risk counties,  masks sporting is advisable for these with well being dangers, together with older individuals. In high-risk counties, all are advisable to put on masks in indoor, public settings.

Because the pandemic started, Maine has logged 264,366 instances of COVID-19 and the state reported 315 new instances on Saturday. The state usually doesn’t report new instances or extra deaths on Sundays and Mondays.

Maine’s demise toll from the virus now numbers 2,382. Nationally, 1,003,800 Individuals have died from the virus, federal statistics confirmed  Sunday.

On Saturday, Dr. Tom Frieden, an epidemiologist and the previous head of the U.S. CDC, tweeted that due to COVID-19 vaccines, about two million Individuals are alive at the moment who would have died if it weren’t for the vaccines.

As of Saturday, 74.3 p.c of Maine’s 1.34 million residents had been totally vaccinated, the state reported. Statewide, 765,575 doses of boosters have been administered.

« Earlier