There were two additional deaths reported over the period covering Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations increase sharply in Maine
Still, public health experts are not projecting a return to the winter surges that the omicron wave caused in Maine and the U.S.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as Maine reports 724 new cases over 4 days
The number of hospitalized patients inched up Wednesday, but has stayed roughly the same for more than a month.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations increase in Maine
The number of hospitalized patients has hovered in the 90s or low 100s since mid-March and rose to 99 patients Tuesday.
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$136 for a $2 bag of saline? Anthem, MaineHealth trade blame in billing disputes
Anthem accuses the hospital network of overbilling and hiding charges; MaineHealth says the insurer is arbitrarily withholding payments.
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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.
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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.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine tick up on Monday
Wastewater testing at various Maine sewer plants is showing mixed results in virus prevalence, with a big jump in Bangor last week followed by a decline on Monday.
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Maine Med’s departure from Anthem network would disrupt Maine’s insurance market, experts say
Impacts would ripple though the industry, but experts also say the parties have a lot of motivation to resolve the payment disputes before a breakup.
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Maine schools to distribute free COVID-19 tests for students and staff
The state is making 1.1 million at-home tests available through schools as Maine braces for a potential rise in COVID-19 cases from the new omicron BA.2 subvariant.