5 more Mainers have died and yet another 600 coronavirus instances pronounced across the state

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5 more Mainers have died as fitness officers on Saturday suggested yet another 600 coronavirus cases across the state.

Saturday's document brings the overall number of coronavirus instances in Maine to 94,948, in line with the Maine middle for ailment handle and Prevention. That's up from ninety four,348 on Friday.

Of these, sixty seven,648 had been proven positive, whereas 27,290 had been categorised as "probably situations," the Maine CDC mentioned.

The statewide death toll now stands at 1,075.

The number of coronavirus instances diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 7,759. here's an estimation of the existing number of energetic circumstances in the state, because the Maine CDC is no longer tracking recoveries for all sufferers. That's down from 7,762 on Friday.

the new case fee statewide Saturday turned into 4.48 circumstances per 10,000 residents, and the entire case price statewide become 709.41.

Maine's seven-day commonplace for brand spanking new coronavirus cases is 500.7, down from 519.9 the day earlier than, down from 609.9 a week in the past and up from 357.6 a month ago. That average peaked on Jan. 14 at 625.3.

probably the most situations were detected in Mainers younger than 20, whereas Mainers over 80 years historic make up the majority of deaths. more cases had been recorded in girls and greater deaths in guys.

thus far, 2,590 Mainers had been hospitalized at some factor with COVID-19, the illness brought about through the new coronavirus. additional information concerning those hospitalizations wasn't immediately obtainable. 

cases were stated in Androscoggin (10,099), Aroostook (three,521), Cumberland (20,859), Franklin (1,995), Hancock (2,474), Kennebec (9,055), Knox (1,739), Lincoln (1,666), Oxford (four,648), Penobscot (11,258), Piscataquis (1,215), Sagadahoc (1,840), Somerset (3,814), Waldo (2,a hundred and seventy), Washington (1,602) and York (sixteen,991) counties. additional information about two circumstances became no longer immediately purchasable.

As of Saturday morning, the coronavirus had sickened forty four,291,158 individuals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as led to 712,698 deaths, based on the Johns Hopkins institution of medication.

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