For the first time, Maine has recorded more than 100 new daily cases of COVID-19, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.The Maine CDC is reporting 103 new cases on Friday, bringing the total since the beginning of the outbreak to 6,570.This is the second day in a row that Maine has set a new record for daily cases.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 146. There have been no new deaths reported in 13 days.There were 33 additional recoveries, bringing the total to 5,495.In the past six days, there have been 432 new cases reported.Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said, as of Thursday, the positivity has increased from 0.42% two weeks ago to 0.8%. Maine’s positivity rate is still well below the national average of 6.3%.Shah stressed that small indoor gatherings are a source of transmission of the virus. He urged people to wear face coverings, shorten the visit and open windows to increase ventilation.Shah said he is concerned that people’s bubbles are becoming so big that they are going to burst.MAINE CORONAVIRUS DATA: Deaths: 146. Total cases: 6,570. Confirmed cases: 5,829. Probable cases: 741. Cumulative positivity rate: 1.19%. 14-day positivity rate: 0.4%. Patients recovered: 5,495. Active cases: 929. Currently hospitalized: 17. Patients in intensive care: 5. Patients on ventilators: 1.COVID-19 SYMPTOMSSymptoms of the coronavirus may include fever, cough, difficulty breathing and sore throat. Symptoms generally appear two to 14 days after exposure.Other symptoms include chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache and new loss of taste and/or smell.Health officials said most patients experience mild symptoms and can recover at home.However, some patients, particularly those with underlying medical conditions, may experience more severe respiratory illness.Coronavirus appears to spread in similar ways to the flu and the common cold, which includes through the air by coughing and sneezing, close personal contact such as touching and shaking hands and touching an object or surface with the virus on it, then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.Anyone experiencing symptoms is urged to call their health care provider and not just show up in person.COVID-19 RESOURCES:StrengthenME: The Maine Department of Health and Human Services created StrengthenME to help Mainers cope with the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. The program offers a hotline that is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in need of assistance can call the hotline at 207-221-8198.Maine Helps: The Maine Helps website offers ways Mainers can directly help nonprofits, health care and businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.FrontLine WarmLine: Maine Department of Health and Human Services phone line to help Mainers who are working on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. The phone line will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day by calling 207-221-8196 or 866-367-4440 or by texting 898-211.
AUGUSTA, Maine —
For the first time, Maine has recorded more than 100 new daily cases of COVID-19, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Maine CDC is reporting 103 new cases on Friday, bringing the total since the beginning of the outbreak to 6,570.
This is the second day in a row that Maine has set a new record for daily cases.
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The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 146. There have been no new deaths reported in 13 days.
There were 33 additional recoveries, bringing the total to 5,495.
In the past six days, there have been 432 new cases reported.
Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said, as of Thursday, the positivity has increased from 0.42% two weeks ago to 0.8%. Maine’s positivity rate is still well below the national average of 6.3%.
Shah stressed that small indoor gatherings are a source of transmission of the virus. He urged people to wear face coverings, shorten the visit and open windows to increase ventilation.
Shah said he is concerned that people’s bubbles are becoming so big that they are going to burst.
MAINE CORONAVIRUS DATA:
- Deaths: 146.
- Total cases: 6,570.
- Confirmed cases: 5,829.
- Probable cases: 741.
- Cumulative positivity rate: 1.19%.
- 14-day positivity rate: 0.4%.
- Patients recovered: 5,495.
- Active cases: 929.
- Currently hospitalized: 17.
- Patients in intensive care: 5.
- Patients on ventilators: 1.
COVID-19 SYMPTOMS
Symptoms of the coronavirus may include fever, cough, difficulty breathing and sore throat. Symptoms generally appear two to 14 days after exposure.
Other symptoms include chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache and new loss of taste and/or smell.
Health officials said most patients experience mild symptoms and can recover at home.
However, some patients, particularly those with underlying medical conditions, may experience more severe respiratory illness.
Coronavirus appears to spread in similar ways to the flu and the common cold, which includes through the air by coughing and sneezing, close personal contact such as touching and shaking hands and touching an object or surface with the virus on it, then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
Anyone experiencing symptoms is urged to call their health care provider and not just show up in person.
COVID-19 RESOURCES:
StrengthenME: The Maine Department of Health and Human Services created StrengthenME to help Mainers cope with the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. The program offers a hotline that is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in need of assistance can call the hotline at 207-221-8198.
Maine Helps: The Maine Helps website offers ways Mainers can directly help nonprofits, health care and businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.
FrontLine WarmLine: Maine Department of Health and Human Services phone line to help Mainers who are working on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. The phone line will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day by calling 207-221-8196 or 866-367-4440 or by texting 898-211.