Woman Shot, 2 People Arrested During Altercation in Dexter
Dexter Police say a woman was shot in the leg as she tried to drive away from an altercation on St Francis Street.
Police responded to a 911 call at 10:42 Thursday night, and found a 52-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her leg. According to Chief Kevin Wintle, an altercation took place at a home on St. Francis Street, involving the woman and two other people. As she tried to leave the scene, she was shot through the door of her vehicle. The woman was transported to Mayo Regional Hospital.
After further investigation, police arrested: Michael Wilson, age 35; and Erica Wilson, 36, both of St. Francis Street in Dexter. Both people have been charged with aggravated assault and were taken to the Penobscot County Jail.
COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high across Maine but have spread out
Hard-hit EMMC saw its burden ease for second week, while Maine Med had its heaviest COVID-19 inpatient week yet.
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 remained heavy statewide in Maine this week, but the burden has spread out more evenly across hospitals.
Wednesday was the worst day yet of the pandemic in terms of the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus – 207, with 64 in intensive care. Tuesday was the heaviest day yet for ICU use, with 68 people being treated. The overall inpatient count fell slightly Thursday to 193.
The distribution of patients across the state was more even this week, with many hospitals seeing heavy COVID-19 burdens but only one – Maine Medical Center in Portland – setting a new weekly record.
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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.