87 more coronavirus cases have been reported across Maine
May 30—Another 87 coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, Maine health officials said Sunday.
The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 2,023. 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 2,128 on Saturday.
No new deaths were reported Sunday, leaving the statewide death toll standing at 825.
Saturday's report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 67,738, according to the Maine CDC. That's up from 67,651 on Saturday.
Of those, 49,616 have been confirmed positive, while 18,122 were classified as "probable cases," the Maine CDC reported.
The new case rate statewide Sunday was 0.65 cases per 10,000 residents, and the total case rate statewide was 506.11.
Maine's seven-day average for new coronavirus cases is 112.1 down from 116.4 a day ago, down from 181.7 a week ago and down from 290.6 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, 2,017 Mainers have been hospitalized at some point with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Information about those hospitalizations was not immediately available.
The total statewide hospitalization rate on Sunday was 15.07 patients per 10,000 residents.
Cases have been reported in Androscoggin (8,265), Aroostook (1,861), Cumberland (17,100), Franklin (1,338), Hancock (1,350), Kennebec (6,480), Knox (1,130), Lincoln (1,060), Oxford (3,569), Penobscot (6,151), Piscataquis (568), Sagadahoc (1,459), Somerset (2,181), Waldo (1,020), Washington (895) and York (13,311) counties.
For a complete breakdown of the county by county data, use the interactive graphic below.
An additional 3,684 Mainers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. As of Saturday, 715,582 Mainers have received a first dose of the vaccine, while 698,930 have received a final dose.
As of Sunday afternoon, the coronavirus had sickened 33,256,937 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 594,414 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine.
Nationwide, 295 million doses of the vaccine have been administered, according to Bloomberg.
