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Photo Galleries: Health care workers are vaccinated as Maine reports 590 new COVID-19 cases

St. Mary's Regional medical Center in Lewiston received about 400 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and started giving them to their staff Thursday.

Posted December 17, 2020

Updated December 17, 2020

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Intensive care physician Dr. Peter Bagley, second from left, and intensive care nurse Debra Charest, right, receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. Nurses Lisa MacKenzie, left, and Christie Adams, second from right, helped administer over 200 COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday to health care workers. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

In addition to the 590 new cases, nine more deaths were reported. New cases, as well as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, continue to surge to unprecedented levels in Maine and across the country.

Dr. Imad Durra receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning from nurse Deb Kiker at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. The infectious disease doctor was the first at CMMC to receive a dose. He will receive the second one in 21 days. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal