March 17 noon update from Maine CDC: cases of COVID-19 climb to 23 confirmed in state
AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of presumptive positive and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine. Today, there are total of combined 32 cases and 1,303 have returned as negative.
The charts below outline where in the state the tests have originated. Tests indicate the virus is more widespread throughout the state in different counties.
The table below is updated once each day Monday through Friday by 12 PM EDT. Click here for that daily report.
| Maine COVID-19 Testing Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: March 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM | ||||
| Total Confirmed Cases1 | Total Presumptive Positive Cases2 | Persons With Negative Tests3 | ||
| 23 | 9 | 1,303 | ||
1Confirmed Cases: This now includes cases formerly identified as presumptive positive. This classification applies to samples sent by a health provider directly to HETL that test positive and to samples from non-governmental labs for which HETL validates positive results.
Confirmed Cases: This now includes cases formerly identified as presumptive positive. This classification applies to samples sent by a health provider directly to HETL that test positive and to samples from non-governmental labs for which HETL validates positive results.
2Presumptive Positive Cases: These are samples that test positive at non-governmental labs and are sent to HETL for validation.
3Negative Tests: This number represents negative tests from state, reference, or commerical laboratories, or at US CDC.
| Maine COVID-19 Case Tracker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: March 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM | ||||||
| Sex | Age | County of Residence | Classification | |||
| 1 | F | 50s | Androscoggin | Confirmed | ||
| 2 | M | 50s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 3 | F | 40s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 4 | M | 60s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 5 | F | 20s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 6 | M | 20s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 7 | M | 80s | Cumberland | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 8 | F | 70s | Cumberland | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 9 | M | 70s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 10 | F | 30s | Lincoln | Confirmed | ||
| 11 | M | 40s | Cumberland | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 12 | M | <20 | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 13 | F | 60s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 14 | F | 80s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 15 | M | 30s | Knox | Confirmed | ||
| 16 | M | 70s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 17 | M | 40s | Lincoln | Confirmed | ||
| 18 | F | 50s | Cumberland | Confirmed | ||
| 19 | F | 50s | Oxford | Confirmed | ||
| 20 | M | 50s | York | Confirmed | ||
| 21 | M | <20 | Androscoggin | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 22 | F | 60s | Confirmed | |||
| 23 | F | 50s | Confirmed | |||
| 24 | F | 50s | Confirmed | |||
| 25 | F | 60s | Cumberland | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 26 | F | 30s | Cumberland | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 27 | F | 40s | Cumberland | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 28 | M | 60s | Confirmed | |||
| 29 | F | 60s | Confirmed | |||
| 30 | M | 40s | Confirmed | |||
| 31 | F | 30s | Kennebec | Presumptive Positive | ||
| 32 | F | 50s | Androscoggin | Presumptive Positive | ||
