Maine health officials reported just eight new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, tying for the lowest one-day total since the early days of the pandemic.
Additionally, 54 more people were declared recovered, bringing the number of active cases down to 390.
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention has tracked 3,566 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 since mid-March. Maine also has seen 114 deaths connected to the virus, a lower total than all but nine other states.
Over the last 10 days, Maine has averaged 17 new cases per day, well below an average of 38 new cases per day during the previous 10-day period. In addition to Tuesday, the state had reported eight new cases on July 6. There have only been four days since late March when daily case numbers were in the single digits.
Hospitalizations remain low in Maine as well — just 18 were hospitalized as of Tuesday and have been trending downward since peaking in late May.
So far, Maine has avoided the kind of spikes in cases that others states have seen, although officials said that doesn’t mean Maine is over the pandemic by any means.
As of Sunday, Maine was one of only three states (with Delaware and New Jersey) that reported declining rates of new cases compared to the previous week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. By comparison, 33 states saw higher rates, led by major spikes in heavily populated states like Florida, Arizona, Texas and California. The rate of new cases was steady in 14 states.
A pedestrian crosses Exchange St. in Portland while walking along Congress St. Monday, July 13, 2020. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Many states that had lifted restrictions have now been forced to reinstate them.
The United States has now accounted for more than 3.3 million of the world’s 13.1 million cases, or 25 percent, and more than 135,000 of the approximately 572,000 deaths worldwide, or 24 percent, even though the U.S. makes up only slight more than 4 percent of the world’s population.
Face coverings remain a flashpoint as the pandemic wears on. President Trump, who had long resisted encouraging wearing masks, was photographed for the first time wearing one when he visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday.
There is a growing body of research that concludes widespread mask wearing in public dramatically reduces the risk of the virus spreading and many experts have said it’s the best tool we have to safely reopen the economy.
This story will be updated.
"8" - Google News
July 14, 2020 at 08:39PM
https://ift.tt/2Cd7w7V
Maine CDC reports just 8 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths - Press Herald
"8" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2z1PBPz
https://ift.tt/3c1rzCJ
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.