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Here's How Maine is Recovering From COVID-19 Compared to the Nation
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As a growing number of Americans are vaccinated, new cases of COVID-19 are falling in the United States. There were an average of 3.0 new daily cases of the virus for every 100,000 Americans in the past week, down from an average of 5.1 new daily cases per 100,000 the week before.
In total, about 33,164,000 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the United States since the first known infection was identified on Jan. 21, 2020.
In keeping with the national trend, new daily cases are decreasing in Maine. Over the past week, there were an average of 2.5 new daily cases of the coronavirus for every 100,000 people across the state, compared to 4.9 new daily cases per 100,000 people the week prior.
Nationwide, the average number of new daily infections has increased in two states, decreased in 43, and remained effectively unchanged in five over the past week. Of all states, Maine reported the 12th largest improvement in average new infections per day over the last week.
The current average daily infection rate in Maine ranks as the 24th lowest of all 50 states.
Since March 12, 2020, when the first coronavirus case was identified in Maine, about 68,700 state residents tested positive for the virus. Maine, home to about 0.4% of the U.S. population, accounts for about 0.2% of all known COVID-19 cases nationwide to date. Among all states, Maine has the fourth fewest cumulative COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis.
Like most other states in the early days of the pandemic, Maine implemented strict measures to slow the spread of the virus. A temporary stay at home order went into effect across Maine on April 2, 2020.
Nationwide, there have been 595,256 COVID-19 related deaths to date — and 853 of them have been in Maine. Maine’s coronavirus death per capita rate currently stands at 64 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 182 deaths per 100,000.
All COVID-19 data used in this story is current as of June 20, 2021. It is important to note that in some states, weekly infection rates may include cases of the virus that occurred earlier but were not previously counted.
These are all the counties in Maine where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
Rank | State | Change in new case rate | Avg. new daily cases per 100,000 ppl last week | Avg. new daily cases per 100,000 ppl 2 weeks ago | Total confirmed cases to date |
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1 | Texas | -8.8 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 2,969,037 |
2 | Alabama | -4.4 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 548,160 |
3 | Kentucky | -3.4 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 462,700 |
4 | Florida | -3.3 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 2,307,628 |
5 | Wyoming | -3.3 | 9.0 | 12.2 | 61,303 |
6 | Montana | -3.1 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 112,949 |
7 | North Dakota | -3.1 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 110,492 |
8 | Nevada | -3.1 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 327,831 |
9 | South Carolina | -2.8 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 595,310 |
10 | Colorado | -2.8 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 551,719 |
11 | Washington | -2.6 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 445,155 |
12 | Maine | -2.4 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 68,683 |
13 | Idaho | -2.3 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 193,832 |
14 | Kansas | -2.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 316,014 |
15 | West Virginia | -2.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 163,221 |
16 | Alaska | -1.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 67,885 |
17 | Utah | -1.9 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 409,964 |
18 | Delaware | -1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 109,421 |
19 | Minnesota | -1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 603,966 |
20 | Illinois | -1.7 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1,387,986 |
21 | Louisiana | -1.6 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 476,467 |
22 | Michigan | -1.6 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 997,595 |
23 | Pennsylvania | -1.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1,209,136 |
24 | Rhode Island | -1.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 152,306 |
25 | Oregon | -1.4 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 205,459 |
26 | Massachusetts | -1.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 709,012 |
27 | Nebraska | -1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 223,888 |
28 | Connecticut | -1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 348,521 |
29 | Ohio | -1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 1,107,521 |
30 | North Carolina | -1.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 1,009,198 |
31 | Indiana | -1.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 749,835 |
32 | New York | -1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2,108,309 |
33 | Maryland | -1.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 461,470 |
34 | Wisconsin | -1.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 676,406 |
35 | Virginia | -1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 678,226 |
36 | Mississippi | -1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 319,511 |
37 | Georgia | -0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1,129,177 |
38 | Tennessee | -0.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 865,511 |
39 | Vermont | -0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 24,339 |
40 | Missouri | -0.6 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 607,722 |
41 | California | -0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3,697,927 |
42 | Iowa | -0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 372,752 |
43 | South Dakota | -0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 124,377 |
44 | Arizona | -0.3 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 887,569 |
45 | New Jersey | -0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1,020,043 |
46 | New Hampshire | -0.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 99,178 |
47 | New Mexico | -0.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 204,392 |
48 | Hawaii | -0.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 35,802 |
49 | Oklahoma | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 455,145 |
50 | Arkansas | 1.0 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 344,369 |
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