Another Mainers has died as health officials on Monday reported 201 more coronavirus cases across the state.
The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 4,373. 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. That’s down from 4,431 on Sunday.
A man in his 70s from Knox County has succumbed to the virus, bringing the statewide death toll to 636.
Monday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 41,419, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from 41,218 on Sunday.
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Of those, 33,176 have been confirmed positive, while 8,243 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.
The new case rate statewide Monday was 1.5 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 309.47.
Maine’s seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 269, down from 271.3 a day ago, down from 356.9 a week ago and down from 501.1 a month ago. That rate has been steadily falling since Jan. 14, when it peaked at 625.6.
The most cases have been detected in Mainers in their 20s, while Mainers over 80 years old make up the majority of deaths. More cases and deaths have been recorded in women than men. For a complete breakdown of the age and sex demographics of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, use the interactive graphic below.
So far, 1,445 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 124 Mainers are currently hospitalized, with 32 in critical care and 13 on ventilators. Out of 396 critical care beds, 101 are currently available. Meanwhile, 235 out of 321 ventilators are available. Currently, 443 alternative ventilators are available.
The total statewide hospitalization rate on Monday was 10.8 patients per 10,000 residents.
Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (4,500), Aroostook (1,194), Cumberland (11,705), Franklin (837), Hancock (821), Kennebec (3,369), Knox (595), Lincoln (516), Oxford (2,044), Penobscot (3,574), Piscataquis (232), Sagadahoc (833), Somerset (1,153), Waldo (547), Washington (679) and York (8,814) counties. Information about where an additional six cases were reported wasn’t immediately available.
For a complete breakdown of the county by county data, use the interactive graphic below.
Out of 5,866 COVID-19 tests reported to the Maine CDC on Sunday, 2.2 percent came back positive. Overall, 1,641,995 tests have been administered and the statewide positivity rate is 3 percent.
An additional 2,141 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the past day. As of Monday, 142,325 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, with 52,920 who have received two doses.
New Hampshire reported 318 new cases on Monday and six deaths. Vermont reported 134 new cases and one death, and Massachusetts reported 3,107 new cases and 78 deaths.
As of Monday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 27,074,482 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 464,747 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. That’s an increase of 77,948 cases and 1,424 deaths since Sunday.
Nationwide, 42 million doses of the vaccine have been administered, according to Bloomberg.
Correction: A previous version of this article reported the incorrect number of patients currently hospitalized and the number of available critical care beds. Those numbers have been updated.