The Maine CDC reported 467 new cases on Friday with four additional deaths and 152 people in the hospital with COVID-19 as the numbers continue to subside. Yesterday 680 new cases were reported and 836 cases were reported the day prior to that. The seven-day average of daily new cases is now 519.9 down from 591.6 a week ago but still higher than 316.7 a month ago. The percent positive rate has decreased to 4.43 percent down from 6 percent a few weeks ago.
The number of people hospitalized has dropped from a high of 235 people on September 25 to 152 reported yesterday and the number of patients in the ICU and on the ventilator also took a tumble in recent days. Data reported yesterday showed 46 people in the ICU and 23 on ventilators which represents a drop of 45 percent and 80 percent respectively.
Across the U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations have also dropped by 28 percent over the last two weeks.
