Daily case numbers appear likely to remain high in the coming days as the Maine CDC reviews a backlog of 2,500 positive test results reported over the past week.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine reports 1,008 new cases, 9 more deaths as CDC struggles with backlog
The cases represent new positive test results reviewed by the Maine CDC staff over a three-day period.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
COVID continues to whiplash tri-county region as Maine hospitals are inundated with patients
The statewide single-day records for total hospitalizations, individuals in critical care and individuals on a ventilator were all shattered this month.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine health care providers gear up to offer COVID-19 booster shots
Meanwhile, the delta variant continues to drive infections and hospitalizations around the state, with 714 new cases reported on Friday.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine schools now have 72 outbreaks and 2,080 cases as COVID surge continues
The state has set hospitalization records repeatedly in recent days, although a recent decline in the rate of positive tests could be a sign that the latest surge is easing.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
‘This is a crisis that’s preventable,’ Mills says in plea to Mainers to get vaccinated
Despite Maine’s high vaccination rate, “clusters” of unvaccinated people are driving cases, the state’s top public health official said Wednesday.
Posted inFranklin, Health, Maine
One resident of Franklin County, two from Androscoggin County die from COVID as Maine surpasses 1,000 deaths
State health officials reported 18 additional deaths Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,002 since March 2020.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine sees record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations
The 214 hospitalizations reported on Monday exceed the previous record of 207, which was set at the height of last winter’s case surge.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education
Staff at Androscoggin County schools among least vaccinated in the state
Lewiston Public Schools’ central operation staff and individual school staff have some of the lowest vaccination rates statewide.
Posted inFranklin, Health, Maine
New COVID-19 cases in Franklin County break records
State health officials reported 652 new cases of COVID-19 statewide, 54 of them in Franklin County.