April 25 update: Rise in Waldo County COVID-19 cases; recoveries in Knox, Waldo counties

Sat, 04/25/2020 - 12:00pm

    AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, April 25, of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine. Additionally, a new interactive data feature has been released by the Maine CDC, which is embedded at the end of this story. 

    Today, there are 990 cases confirmed across the state. 

    Across the state, 519 people have recovered from COVID-19, while 50 people have passed. The number of people hospitalized, at some point during their illness, across the state stands at 156.

    Looking at hospital COVID-19 data, there are currently 39 hospitalized, including 17 in critical care and seven on a ventilator. There are 155 available critical care beds out of 330 total and 294 available ventilators of 315 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, 533 females have tested positive in the state and 457 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 12:00 p.m. 

    COVID-19 Cases by County  
    County
    Confirmed
    Recovered
    Hospitalization
    Deaths
    Androscoggin
    41
    23
    11
    2
    Aroostook
    4
    1
     
     
    Cumberland434
    236
    66
    24
    Franklin
    27
    6
    1
    1
    Hancock
    9
    4
    1
     
    Kennebec
    101
    28
    14
    5
    Knox
    13
    10
    2
     
    Lincoln
    12
    9
     
     
    Oxford
    15
    12
    1
     
    Penobscot
    52
    34
    9
     
    Piscataquis
    1
    1
     
     
    Sagadahoc
    18
    11
    5
     
    Somerset
    17
    7
     
     
    Waldo
    48
    18
    3
    11
    Washington
    2
    2
     
     
    York
    194
    117
    43
    7
    Unknown
    2
     
     
     

     

    Confirmed Cases by Age
    Age Range
    Count
    Percentage
    <20
    20
    2.0%
    20s
    104
    10.5%
    30s
    106
    10.7%
    40s
    129
    13.0%
    50s
    192
    19.4%
    60s
    171
    17.3%
    70s
    139
    14.0%
    80+
    129
    13.0%