420 more coronavirus cases have been reported across Maine

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Another 420 coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, Maine health officials said Tuesday.

The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 5,689. 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 5,559 on Monday.

No new deaths were reported Tuesday, leaving the statewide death toll at 767.

Tuesday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 57,965, according to the Maine CDC. That’s up from 57,545 on Monday.

Of those, 43,444 have been confirmed positive, while 14,521 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.

The new case rate statewide Tuesday was 3.14 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 433.09.

Maine’s seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 453.3, down from 475.1 a day ago, up from 368.9 a week ago and up from 206.4 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, 1,778 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 104 are currently hospitalized, with 35 in critical care and 14 on ventilators. Currently, 99 out of 382 critical care beds and 233 out of 319 ventilators are available. Meanwhile, 446 alternative ventilators are available.

The total statewide hospitalization rate on Tuesday was 13.28 patients per 10,000 residents.

Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (6,588), Aroostook (1,567), Cumberland (15,444), Franklin (1,156), Hancock (1,202), Kennebec (5,196), Knox (913), Lincoln (784), Oxford (3,006), Penobscot (5,116), Piscataquis (424), Sagadahoc (1,184), Somerset (1,724), Waldo (789), Washington (816) and York (12,053) counties. Information about where an additional case was reported wasn’t immediately available.

For a complete breakdown of the county by county data, use the interactive graphic below.

Out of 6,734 COVID-19 tests reported to the Maine CDC in the previous 24 hours, 6.6 percent came back positive. Overall, 2,292,116 tests have been administered and the statewide positivity rate is 2.78 percent.

An additional 2,617 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. As of Tuesday, 569,439 Mainers have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 432,922 have received a final dose.

New Hampshire reported 197 new cases on Tuesday and no deaths. Vermont reported 96 new cases and no deaths, while Massachusetts reported 1,317 new cases and 19 deaths.

As of Tuesday morning, the coronavirus had sickened 31,741,301 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 567,759 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.