The Main CDC reports 357 new coronavirus cases and 20 more deaths

The Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 357 new coronaviruses and 20 additional deaths on Saturday as the state strengthened its vaccination schedule by expanding its qualifications to public security workers and people over the age of 70. Did.

The state is also supplying more vaccine doses to long-term care facilities.On Friday, public health officials They reported that they had given 8,827 doses The day before – Recorded in Maine. As of Saturday, 108,519 Mainers received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 36,837 received the second dose. That is, there were a total of 7,825 new vaccinations on Friday.

Cumulative coronavirus cases in the state increased to 39,168 on Saturday. Of these, 31,567 have been confirmed by testing and 7,601 are considered possible cases of COVID-19. The 7-day average for new cases daily on Saturday was 367.6.

Since the pandemic began in Maine, 590 people have died of COVID-19. Eighteen of the 20 deaths reported on Saturday occurred between January 10 and 23 and are now due to COVID-19. Of those who died, 15 were women and 5 were men. Thirteen were over 80 years old, four were in their 70s, one was in their 60s, and two were in their 50s. Two from Androscoggin County, four from Aroostook, three from Cumberland, one from Kennebec, one from Oxford, five from Penobscot, one from Washington, and three from York County.

Increased vaccine distribution did not involve more administration from the federal government-or at least not yet, state officials said Friday. Starting next week, the Biden administration has announced that the state will receive 16 percent more dose over the next three weeks.

Until that happens, Maine is allocating more doses from the same state-wide supply.

The proportion of the population of Maine that received the first dose exceeded 8 percent on Saturday. According to the US Census Bureau, the state has a population of 1.34 million.

Also last week, state education officials changed the risk category for school reopening in Cumberland County to “green.” This means that the risk of COVID-19 infection is low enough for direct instruction.

Until recently, the high-risk “yellow” designation meant that state authorities recommended that schools avoid extracurricular activities such as school sports. But last week, the Principal Association of Maine announced that it would adopt color designations as a recommendation for face-to-face learning only, rather than activities such as sports.

Last week, Governor Janet Mills lifted the 9 pm curfew across the state due to the trend of positive cases in Cumberland County and elsewhere. Starting Monday, these companies will be able to resume normal business hours.

Since the start of the pandemic, each county in Maine has 4,302 coronaviruses in Androscoggin, 1,129 in Aroostook, 11,160 in Cumberland, 767 in Franklin, 773 in Hancock, 3,102 in Kennebec, 577 in Knox, and 468 in Lincoln. There was a case of coronavirus. Oxford, Penobscot 3,408, Piscataquis 200, Sagadahoc 772, Somerset 1,084, Wald 507, Washington 618, York 8,389.

By age, 14.7% of patients were under 20 years old, 17.9% were in their 20s, 14.5% were in their 30s, 13.1% were in their 40s, 15.4% were in their 50s, 11.8% were in their 60s, and 6.8% were in their 70s. 5.8% were over 80 years old.

Of the 161 patients infected with COVID-19 at a hospital in Maine on Saturday, 51 received intensive care and 27 were on ventilator. The state had a total of 391 bed in 93 intensive care units, and 228 out of 320 ventilators. There were also 443 alternative ventilators.

According to Johns Hopkins University, there were more than 102.3 million known cases of COVID-19 and 2.2 million deaths worldwide late Saturday afternoon. In the United States, 26 million people have died and 438,451 have died.

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