Two more Mainers have died as health officials on Tuesday reported another 61 coronavirus cases across the state.
The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 2,686. 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 2,863 on Monday.
That’s the lowest single-day increase in new cases Maine has seen since Oct. 27, when 52 were reported. It’s also the second straight day when cases slipped below the triple digits.
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It comes a day after Maine marked the end of its mask mandate for fully vaccinated people, who can now toss aside the pandemic’s most visible symbol, and as Maine took the lead among New England states as the first to fully vaccinate more than half its population.
Two men in their 60s and 70s from Knox and Somerset counties have succumbed to the virus, bringing the statewide death toll to 824.
Tuesday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 67,132, according to the Maine CDC. That’s up from 67,071 on Monday.
Of those, 49,196 have been confirmed positive, while 17,936 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported.
The new case rate statewide Tuesday was 0.46 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 501.58.
Maine’s seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 148.7, down from 166.7 a day ago, down from 239.6 a week ago and down from 362 a month ago. That average peaked on Jan. 14 at 625.3.
The most cases have been detected in Mainers younger than 20, 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, 1,984 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Of those, 117 are currently hospitalized with 43 in critical care and 20 on a ventilator. Overall, 85 out of 386 critical care beds and 234 out of 319 ventilators are available. Meanwhile, 451 alternative ventilators are available.
The total statewide hospitalization rate on Tuesday was 14.82 patients per 10,000 residents.
Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (8,193), Aroostook (1,828), Cumberland (17,022), Franklin (1,329), Hancock (1,331), Kennebec (6,402), Knox (1,119), Lincoln (1,041), Oxford (3,534), Penobscot (6,043), Piscataquis (548), Sagadahoc (1,450), Somerset (2,166), Waldo (1,006), Washington (869) and York (13,251) counties.
For a complete breakdown of the county by county data, use the interactive graphic below.
Overall, 2,616,181 tests have been administered and the statewide positivity rate is 2.81 percent.
An additional 2,233 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. As of Tuesday, 703,948 Mainers have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 677,990 have received a final dose.
As of Tuesday evening, the coronavirus had sickened 33,159,590 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 590,852 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
Nationwide, 288 million doses of the vaccine have been administered, according to Bloomberg.