Maine health authorities noticed that the death rate increased 1,000 COVID-19 deaths as the Delta variant and continues to fill the state’s hospital beds. Gov. Janet Mills used the grim and unwelcome milestone to press Tuesday for residents to get vaccinated.
Nearly 18 deaths recorded in the state since Saturday pushed the total to 1,002 since the pandemic began nearly 19 months ago, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. Mills said that besides the numbers are parents, grandparents, siblings, children, loved ones and friends, all valued members of our Maine community.
She said that they mourn for their passing and grieve for the moments they are no longer able to share with them. She also urged people to get vaccinated today to protect their loved ones. According to the Maine CDC, 214 people are currently hospitalized, including 73 who are in critical care, which is the highest total since the pandemic began. There are currently 58 available critical care beds.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases has risen over the past two weeks from 384 on Sept. 5 to 485 on Sept. 19. 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. There have also been more than 84,000 infections in the state since the start of the pandemic.
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