Waldo County EMA director cites a bit of ‘good news’ for COVID-19 status in Maine

Tue, 08/11/2020 - 11:45am

    WALDO COUNTY — Dale Rowley, Waldo County’s Emergency Management Agency director, distributed the following Aug. 11 assessment of COVID-19 cases in Maine.

    In it he noted: “Some bit of good news. Waldo County has no active cases and the vast majority of Mainers (99.7%) have not become infected from Covid19 in the last five months.”

    Rowley compiled his data and attributed his sources below each graph.

    Maine Population Data as of August 11, 2020 after five months of disease presence.

    Maine Pop.

    1,344,000

    Fraction

    Percent %

    Remainder %

    Note

    Total Covid Positive to Date

    4049

    0.003

    0.3

    99.700

    Those not tested positive to date

    Current Infected

    387

    0.00028

    0.0028

    99.972

    Those not current positive

    Covid19 related deaths

    125

    0.000093

    0.0093

    99.997

    Those not dead related to Covid19

    https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/airborne/coronavirus/data.shtml

     

    USA Population Data as of August 11, 2020 after five months of disease presence.

     

    USA Pop.

    328,200,000

    Fraction

    Percent %

    Remainder %

    Note

    Total Covid Positive to Date

    5,023,649

    0.015

    1.5

    98.500

    Those not tested positive to date

    Covid19 related deaths

    161,842

    0.00049

    0.049

    99.951

    Those not dead related to Covid19

    https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases

     

    In reviewing the mask order compliance and death rates, there doesn’t appear to be a correlation.

    The less densely populated States appear to have lower rates. However, this is not a study, but an observation of the data and is not proof one way or the other.

     

    State

    Mask State Order

    Death rate per 100,000

    Lowest Death Rates

    Alabama

    Yes

    36

    24

    Alaska

    No

    4

    2

    Arizona

    No

    58

    29

    Arkansas

    Yes

    18

    13

    California

    Yes

    29

    17

    Colorado

    Yes

    33

    23

    Connecticut

    Yes

    124

    38

    Delaware

    Yes

    61

    31

    Florida

    No

    38

    25

    Georgia

    No

    40

    26

    Hawaii

    Yes

    2

    1

    Idaho

    No

    14

    10

    Illinois

    Yes

    62

    32

    Indiana

    Yes

    45

    27

    Iowa

    No

    29

    18

    Kansas

    Yes

    13

    9

    Kentucky

    Yes

    17

    12

    Louisiana

    Yes

    91

    36

    Maine

    Yes

    9

    7

    Maryland

    Yes

    59

    30

    Massachusetts

    Yes

    127

    39

    Michigan

    Yes

    65

    34

    Minnesota

    Yes

    30

    19

    Mississippi

    Yes

    63

    33

    Missouri

    No

    21

    14

    Montana

    Yes

    7

    4

    Nevada

    Yes

    32

    22

    New Hampshire

    No

    31

    20

    New Jersey

    Yes

    178

    40

    New Mexico

    Yes

    33

    23

    New York (No NYC)

    Yes

    80

    35

    New York City

    Yes

    281

    41

    North Carolina

    Yes

    21

    14

    North Dakota

    No

    15

    11

    Ohio

    Yes

    31

    21

    Oklahoma

    No

    15

    11

    Oregon

    Yes

    8

    5

    Pennsylvania

    Yes

    57

    28

    Rhode Island

    Yes

    96

    37

    South Carolina

    No

    40

    26

    South Dakota

    No

    17

    12

    Tennessee

    No

    18

    13

    Texas

    Yes

    29

    17

    Utah

    No

    11

    8

    Vermont

    Yes

    9

    7

    Virginia

    Yes

    27

    16

    Washington

    Yes

    22

    15

    West Virginia

    Yes

    8

    6

    Wisconsin

    Yes

    17

    12

    Wyoming

    No

    5

    3

    https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2020/states-mask-mandates-coronavirus.html

    https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases