Beefing up contact tracing and disclosing data about it is the new challenge as the state continues its phased reopening plan.
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Additional 54 coronavirus cases reported in Maine, as more businesses reopen
Gov. Janet Mills said she was accelerating the date for lodging places to start serving out-of-state visitors, and on Friday fitness centers as well as bars and brewery tasting rooms with outdoor seating opened in 13 counties.
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Maine CDC reports 30 new coronavirus cases, but trends ‘heading in the right direction’
No additional deaths were reported Thursday, and the number of active cases of the disease continues to decline as recoveries outpace new COVID-19 infections.
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Maine CDC begins providing almost daily numbers for negative COVID-19 tests
Maine is the only state that has been unable to provide the key pandemic tracking metric.
Posted inbPlus, Maine
What it’s like being a sign language interpreter on TV during a pandemic
You’ve seen them. You’ve admired them. You’ve wondered who the heck they are.
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Mills accelerates reopening for bars, tasting rooms and gyms in 13 counties
Similar businesses in Cumberland, York and Androscoggin counties will not be able to reopen on June 12, however, because of continued spread of the coronavirus.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lewiston has had the most COVID-19 cases of any Maine zip code; part of Portland has the highest prevalence
The newly released data, which details only 55 of Maine’s 400 zip codes, show that the northern Maine town of Medway has the second highest per capita caseload.
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Maine CDC reports 41 additional COVID-19 cases, one new death
Maine’s top public health official says testing volumes and results show the state is moving in the direction of virus suppression, but more work needs to be done.
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Maine still not providing basic COVID-19 metric but releases zip-code infection data
The Maine CDC is unable to provide full testing data each day but released zip-code level case counts and a searchable map Wednesday evening
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New automated system helps Maine CDC in COVID-19 fight
The state has launched a new automated system aimed at buttressing its contact tracing program to better combat the spread of COVID-19. Sara Robinson, director of the infectious disease epidemiology program at the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention, said Friday that the new system called “Sara Alert” is taking the pressure off its […]