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%