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COVID-19 inpatients increasing rapidly, especially at hospitals in central and eastern Maine

MaineGeneral in Augusta, the state’s busiest hospital for coronavirus, hits an all-time peak.

The inpatient caseload is spread over an unusually wide number of hospitals, while Portland’s are remarkably quiet.

Northern Light Inland Hospital, which hasn’t had a COVID-19 inpatient since early April, is saying little about the incident.

Portland and Bangor hospitals have been especially quiet as few acutely affected patients appear in emergency rooms statewide.

Deep into the summer tourist season, Maine has the second-fewest new cases per capita in the nation.

Well into the summer tourist season, the numbers of inpatients with the disease remain near the all-time low.

Out-of-state visitors took tests at home but didn’t learn they tested positive until they were in Maine and possibly interacting with others.

Cumulative hospital counts are slightly higher than last week, led by modest increases at CMMC and Maine Med.

Cumulative hospital counts for the week are at their lowest levels since the opening days of the pandemic.

Maine Medical Center in Portland had the fewest pandemic inpatients this week since the opening days of the pandemic.