The seven-day positivity fee for COVID-19 testing at Northern Gentle Well being is above 10%.
Dr. James Jarvis, senior doctor government of incident command, says he does not recall a time through the pandemic it has ever been that top.
“If it was, that is nonetheless near a document excessive, that means that transmission amongst individuals in the neighborhood is extraordinarily excessive,” he says.
Jarvis says Northern Gentle is at the moment caring for 54 sufferers, most of whom are unvaccinated. At this level, the well being system will not be suspending any nonurgent procedures, however Jarvis says capability is monitored commonly.
MaineHealth, however, is suspending some elective surgical procedures at Maine Medical Middle as a result of surge of COVID instances.
The chief medical officer for MaineHealth says MMC lowered surgical procedures by 30% final week, and all hospitals in its community are decreasing surgical procedures that require a hospital keep.
The delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spawn new instances within the Maine. The CDC added 734 new instances of COVID-19 to the state’s whole on Wednesday.
That represents 4 days value of knowledge, which was not reported over the lengthy vacation weekend.
Six further deaths have additionally been reported.
The 7 day common case rely has risen over the previous two weeks from 161 new instances a day to 316.
As of Tuesday, 183 Mainers have been hospitalized with the illness, with 68 in important care and 29 on ventilators.