One more Maine has died and 206 coronavirus cases have been reported, according to the Maine CDC.
The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 2,364. 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 up from 2,355 on Friday.
One new death was reported Saturday, raising the statewide death toll to 724. The death announced Saturday is a woman in her 70s from Piscataquis County.
Saturday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 46,856, according to the Maine CDC. That’s up from 46,650 on Friday.
Of those, 36,468 have been confirmed positive, while 10,388 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.
The new case rate statewide Saturday was 1.54 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 350.09.
Maine’s seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 176.3, up from 172.6 a day ago, up from 166.0 a week ago and down from 189.0 a month ago. That average peaked on Jan. 14 at 625.3.
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, 1,593 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Currently, 77 people are hospitalized; of those, 24 are in critical care and 10 are on ventilators. Of 319 total ventilators in Maine, 244 were available on Saturday.
The total statewide hospitalization rate on Saturday was 11.90 patients per 10,000 residents.
Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (4,973), Aroostook (1,310), Cumberland (13,165), Franklin (934), Hancock (958), Kennebec (3,874), Knox (692), Lincoln (604), Oxford (2,319), Penobscot (4,178), Piscataquis (353), Sagadahoc (911), Somerset (1,290), Waldo (633), Washington (736) and York (9,926) counties.
For a complete breakdown of the county by county data, use the interactive graphic below.
As of Saturday, 313,587 Mainers have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 183,047 have received two doses.
As of Friday, 1,983,158 COVID-19 tests had been administered and the statewide positivity rate was 2.80 percent.
New Hampshire reported 310 new cases on Saturday and four deaths. Vermont reported 123 new cases and one death, and Massachusetts reported 1,786 new cases and 29 deaths.
As of Saturday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 29,347,982 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 532,593 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.