(AP) The number of daily cases of the virus in Maine has leveled off in recent days but is likely to increase soon.
Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said the number of new daily cases in the state is likely to go up because there are about 1,700 positive test results awaiting review.
“You should expected to see more cases per day in the coming days,” Shah said.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 158.17 on Aug. 9 to 160.71 on Monday. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 0.14 on Aug. 9 to 2.43 on Monday.
The AP is using data collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering to measure outbreak caseloads and deaths across the United States.
The Maine CDC said the state has been the site of more than 74,000 cases of the virus and 926 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Nine if the state’s 16 counties are the site of substantial or high transmission of the virus according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
