Maine reported a rise within the variety of hospitalized sufferers with COVID-19 on Tuesday.
There have been a complete of 141 sufferers hospitalized statewide, together with 19 in essential care and 5 on ventilators. That’s up from 137 sufferers on Monday, however down from 169 on June 5 and from 231 sufferers on Could 17.
The Maine Heart for Illness Management and Prevention additionally reported 470 new instances on Tuesday, the primary case depend replace since Saturday. Maine’s seven-day common is 236 new instances per day, down from greater than 800 new instances a day in early Could.
Extremely contagious omicron subvariants now account for the overwhelming majority of instances in Maine and the CDC reported Monday {that a} new quicker spreading pressure, BA.4, was detected within the newest spherical of samples from contaminated residents.
BA.4 has triggered elevated an infection charges in different elements of the world and a few specialists anticipate it to rapidly unfold by means of america and gasoline one other uptick in instances. It’s now believed to account for greater than 13 p.c of instances within the U.S.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem to trigger extra extreme signs than the opposite strains in circulation, so hospital affected person counts will not be anticipated to rise considerably.
The most recent strains of the virus are capable of infect individuals with some ranges of immunity from earlier infections or vaccinations, however well being specialists say staying updated with vaccinations and booster photographs nonetheless offers the perfect safety from an infection and extreme sickness. An unvaccinated particular person is nineteen instances extra more likely to die from the illness than somebody who has been vaccinated, in keeping with Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC.
For the reason that pandemic started, the state has recorded 266,575 instances and a pair of,405 deaths.
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