On Saturday, 100 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus in Maine, one fewer than the day before.
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Posted inMaine
Maine’s daily COVID case count significantly higher this week
As Maine’s daily case count rises, five northern and eastern Maine counties are now considered to be at moderate risk for virus transmission and hospitalizations.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs
The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.
Posted inNation / World
Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose.
Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education
Regional School Unit 9 sees uptick in COVID-19 cases
There are 31 cases across the district, including 20 at Mt. Blue Middle School in Farmington.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Courts and jails ease COVID-19 protocols
Androscoggin County Jail continues to mask, quarantine and test inmates, but has loosened some restrictions.
Posted inMaine
Maine reports 356 new cases of COVID-19
The number of new infections, while smaller than the previous day, is still well above the average for the past several weeks.
Posted inNation / World, News
Federal CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID cases rise
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
Posted inMaine
New COVID-19 cases climb as Maine moves to end routine testing in schools
A jump in new cases on Wednesday pushed Maine’s 7-day average up to 255 cases as Maine and other Northeast states see a rise in infections.
Posted inMaine
Maine reports increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
The state also reported an additional 47 COVID deaths after a review of death certificates stretching back to January, bringing the state’s pandemic death toll to 2,269.