The variety of Maine hospital sufferers with COVID-19 has dropped 12 p.c in lower than per week.
There have been 203 hospitalizations as of Monday morning, in keeping with Maine’s Heart for Illness Management and Prevention. Of these sufferers, 24 had been in important care and three had been on ventilators.
The affected person rely dropped from 205 on Sunday and has declined every day since final Tuesday, when Maine reached a 3 month excessive of 231 hospitalizations.
Maine additionally reported 577 new circumstances of COVID on Monday. The seven-day common of latest circumstances is now 586, down from 809 earlier this month.
Each day case counts have additionally declined in latest days in a number of different Northeast states. Nonetheless, the area continues to have a few of the highest an infection charges within the nation after experiencing a wave of circumstances and hospitalizations fueled by extremely contagious omicron subvariants. Well being officers proceed to suggest indoor masking and different precautions to gradual the unfold in Maine and different Northeast states.
Maine now has the tenth highest an infection charge within the nation with 313 new circumstances per 100,000 residents over the previous seven days, in keeping with the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. The nationwide an infection charge is 223 per 100,000 folks.
Cumberland and eight different counties in Maine are categorized by the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention as being at excessive danger for transmission of the virus. The opposite counties are: Oxford, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, Hancock, Penobscot and Aroostook.
Though infections are widespread, the brand new strains of the coronavirus are inflicting much less critical sickness for many as a result of so many individuals have some immunity from vaccinations or latest infections. Those that are older and unvaccinated are at larger danger of significant illness.
For the reason that pandemic started, the state has logged 2,343 deaths, and 259,635 circumstances. However the variety of circumstances is underreported, since many individuals who check optimistic take at-home assessments and don’t report the findings.
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