Month: November 2020

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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to surge across Maine, breaking all-time records both for simultaneous statewide hospitalizations and for patients in intensive care, with much of the burden occurring at medical centers serving central, western and eastern Maine. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 inpatients statewide hit 90 on Friday, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 50 percent higher than the worst day of the spring surge. Worryingly, the majority of these inpatients were in intensive care – 49 statewide, the highest level since the pandemic began and far above the spring surge peak of 27. Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor is bearing the biggest burden of any hospital in the state, with an average of 14.3 confirmed COVID-19 inp...

It is highly unlikely to become reinfected with the coronavirus for at least six months after contracting the bug, according to a new study. The research, which involved more than 12,000 front-line health care workers in Britain, found that just three of the 1,246 participants who had already developed COVID-19 antibodies retested positive for the virus — and they were all asymptomatic. Of the 11,052 medical workers without antibodies, 89 developed an infection with symptoms and 79 developed an asymptomatic infection. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, covered a 30-week period between April and November 2020. It was uploaded on the preprint server MedRxiv Thursday. “This is really good news because we can be confident that, at least in the short term, most pe...

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