The Town of Bar Harbor released their January 28th COVID update, which they release every Thursday. You can read it HERE. Of interest is the weekly count of cases, in Hancock County.

As of today, Thursday, January 28th there were 766 cases reported to date in Hancock County. Compare this to the previous weeks

  • January 28 - 766 cases an increase of 58 cases
  • January 21 - 708 cases an increase of 49 cases
  • January 14 - 659 cases an increase of 51 cases
  • January 7 - 608 cases an increase of 58 cases
  • December 31 - 550 cases an increase of 53 cases
  • December 24 - 497 cases an increase of 142 cases
  • December 17 - 355 cases an increase of 11 cases
  • December 10 - 344 cases and increase of 46 cases
  • December 3 - 298 cases an increase of 64 cases
  • November 26 - 235 cases an increase of 43 cases
  • November 19 - 192 cases an increase of 55 cases
  • November 12 - 137 cases anincrease of 52 cases
  • November 5 - 85 cases an increase of 16 cases
  • October 27 - 69 cases an increase of 7 cases
  • October 22 - 62 cases an increase of 3 cases
  • October 20 - 59 cases

In Hancock County the current rate of COVID-19 as of January 28th was 139.8 per 10,000 people compared to 100.3 per 10,000 people on December 31st. Statewide the current rate as of January 28th was 287.3 per 10,000 people compared to 180.0 per 10,000 people on December 31st.

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