April 21 update: New COVID-19 case in Knox County; 888 statewide cases

Tue, 04/21/2020 - 11:45am

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 21, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 888 cases confirmed across the state. 

Across the state, 443 people have recovered from COVID-19, while 36 people have passed. The number of people hospitalized, at some point during their illness, across the state stands at 139.  

Looking at hospital COVID-19 data, there are currently 46 hospitalized, including 18 in critical care and nine on a ventilator.  There are 167 available critical care beds out of 320 total and 297 available ventilators of 338 total and 369 alternative ventilators.  

The Maine CDC reports 14,076 negative cases, as of April 15. “Maine CDC will publish negative results once a week on Wednesdays. Because of the number of outside labs that are testing samples from Maine, it is not currently possible to post a complete count of negative tests on a daily basis,” the Maine CDC website states. 

By sex, 473 females have tested positive in the state and 415 males have tested positive.  

The below cases represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC. 

“This is likely an underrepresentation of the true number of cases in Maine since not all individuals are being tested,” the Maine CDC says. “For individuals not considered to be at high risk, medical providers are currently advised to diagnose COVID-19 based on symptoms.” 

Each day, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website by noon with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state. Today’s update came at 11:45 a.m.

COVID-19 Cases by County    
County
Confirmed
Recovered
Hospitalization
Deaths
Androscoggin
36
19
11
1
Aroostook
2
1
 
 
Cumberland 386
212
59
17
Franklin
13
5
1
 
Hancock
6
2
1
 
Kennebec
97
24
14
4
Knox
13
8
2
 
Lincoln
12
8
 
 
Oxford
14
10
1
 
Penobscot
46
32
8
 
Piscataquis
1
1
 
 
Sagadahoc
17
9
5
 
Somerset
16
4
 
 
Waldo
43
5
1
8
Washington
2
2
 
 
York
183
101
36
6
Unknown
1
 
 
 

 

Confirmed Cases by Age
Age Range
Count
Percentage
<20
18
2.0%
20s
87
9.8%
30s
93
10.5%
40s
119
13.4%
50s
172
19.4%
60s
152
17.1%
70s
130
14.6%
80+
117
13.2%