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For the third week running, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 shattered records at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor even as patient counts flattened at most of the state’s other hospitals.
EMMC, the largest hospital in the eastern half of the state with 352 inpatient beds, saw an average of 51.9 COVID-19 inpatients per day for the week ending Thursday, up sharply from 44 the week before and 26.6 the week before that. Three weeks ago the figure was 12.1, and for much of the summer it stood near zero.
Despite the unprecedented burden, the hospital’s senior clinician again said that it is still able to handle the burden without canceling scheduled surgeries and other non-COVID-19 medical care.
Bangor hospital reports week with most virus patients yet, but counts mostly stable elsewhere
Southern Maine Health Care Medical Center Medical Center and Presque Isle’s hospital also had their biggest inpatient burdens of the pandemic.
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For the third week running, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 shattered records at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor even as patient counts flattened at most of the state’s other hospitals.
EMMC, the largest hospital in the eastern half of the state with 352 inpatient beds, saw an average of 51.9 COVID-19 inpatients per day for the week ending Thursday, up sharply from 44 the week before and 26.6 the week before that. Three weeks ago the figure was 12.1, and for much of the summer it stood near zero.
COVID-19 hospitalizations flatten across state but still shattering records at EMMC
Maine Med, however, had 41 COVID-19 inpatients Wednesday and Thursday, the highest daily number yet.
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The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 flattened at most of the state’s hospitals this week but continued to shoot sharply upward at Bangor’s Eastern Maine Medical Center, which had by far its heaviest week since the pandemic began in Maine more than nine months ago.
EMMC, the largest hospital in the eastern half of the state, saw an average of 43 confirmed COVID-19 patients per day in the six days ending Wednesday, up dramatically from 26.6 the period before, which had been its worst week of the pandemic. Two weeks ago the figure was 12.1, and for much of the summer it stood near zero.