April 24 COVID-19 update: Knox County individual recovers, 965 statewide cases

Fri, 04/24/2020 - 12:15pm

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 24, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine.

Today, there are 965 cases confirmed across the state. 

Across the state, 499 people have recovered from COVID-19, while 47 people have passed. The number of people hospitalized, at some point during their illness, across the state stands at 152.

Looking at hospital COVID-19 data, there are currently 39 hospitalized, including 17 in critical care and seven on a ventilator. There are 159 available critical care beds out of 313 total and 287 available ventilators of 314 total and 394 alternative ventilators.  

The Maine CDC reports 16,784 negative cases, as of April 22. “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, 523 females have tested positive in the state and 442 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 with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state. Today’s update came at 12:15 p.m. 

COVID-19 Cases by County    
County
Confirmed
Recovered
Hospitalization
Deaths
Androscoggin
38
21
11
1
Aroostook
4
1
 
 
Cumberland 426
232
63
24
Franklin
26
6
1
 
Hancock
8
4
1
 
Kennebec
100
25
14
5
Knox
13
9
2
 
Lincoln
12
9
 
 
Oxford
14
11
1
 
Penobscot
50
33
9
 
Piscataquis
1
1
 
 
Sagadahoc
17
10
5
 
Somerset
16
6
 
 
Waldo
47
17
3
10
Washington
2
2
 
 
York
191
112
42
7
Unknown
0
 
 
 

 

Confirmed Cases by Age
Age Range
Count
Percentage
<20
19
2.0%
20s
101
10.5%
30s
104
10.8%
40s
128
13.3%
50s
184
19.1%
60s
167
17.3%
70s
137
14.2%
80+
125
13.0%