Together for Maine Daily Briefing and COVID-19 Data Update: 2/16/22

Please contact Dan.Demeritt@maine.edu with any questions.

University of Maine System Vaccination Tracking – As of 2/14/22

96% Vaccination Verification Rate among projected in-person spring population.

  • 21,760 students, faculty, and staff currently projected for in-person population
  • 97.6% Vaxx Verification Rate among 5,378 residence hall students

10,131 Verified Booster Shots have been uploaded to the University of Maine System (UMS) vaccination portal.

Asymptomatic Screening Activity 

The Asymptomatic Screening Dashboard at Together.Maine.edu represents known results on all asymptomatic tests going back to July 22, 2020. About 48 hours passes from the time a test sample is collected and when the results are known.  

  • 4,112 Test results in the last 14 days
  • 91 Total positive UMS tests in the last 14 days

Case Counts and Available Quarantine / Isolation Spaces

48 – Known ACTIVE cases of UMS students or employees among the more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff in the University of Maine System community. These data would also include university students or employees known to have an active case of COVID-19, but not necessarily living in the campus region or state.  Prior updates are archived at Together.Maine.edu.

  • 6 University of Maine
  • 12 University of Maine at Augusta
  • 4 University of Maine at Farmington
  • 9 University of Maine at Fort Kent
  • 0 University of Maine at Machias
  • 6 University of Maine at Presque Isle
  • 10 University of Southern Maine
  • 1 University of Maine School of Law

243 available university-administered quarantine spaces out of 243

103 available university-administered isolation spaces out of 110

UMS News

The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has begun processing a backlog of more than 50,000 positive COVID-19 cases that added nearly 11,000 cases to the official state count on Tuesday, Feb. 15 based on reports of positive test results over the past several weeks. Learn more from the Portland Press Herald. The University of Maine System continues to track a number of metrics, including deaths and hospitalizations, that show that the Omicron surge is easing. UMS will continue to monitor case counts as well, and remain mindful of the important steps our public health partners are taking to address case count backlogs and how they impact daily data reporting.