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.

Maine transit agencies drop mask requirement

Starting Wednesday, passengers on public transportation in southern Maine will no longer have to wear masks after a federal judge struck down a nationwide face covering mandate.

The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop; state reports 50 deaths from January

As new numbers slow, the Maine CDC continues to sort through a backlog from the height of the omicron surge.

Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases

Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.

Backlog of positive tests reduces Maine’s ration of lifesaving COVID-19 drug

With tens of thousands of test results waiting to be processed, the state's case rate is artificially low, and that is reducing Maine's federal allocation of monoclonal antibody treatment.

Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high over weekend

A total of 109 coronavirus patients were in critical care on Sunday and 56 on ventilators.

As Maine hospitals see another surge of COVID patients, hopeful signs emerge

Preliminary trends in other parts of the Northeast indicate that Maine could see a downturn in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.

Gov. Mills to send 169 more National Guard members to help Maine’s hospitals

It is the second time in a month that Mills has announced the deployment of Guard members to assist hospitals.

Drugs to treat high-risk patients in critically short supply as omicron surge hits Maine

A national shortage leaves Maine’s doctors with a tiny fraction of the monoclonal antibody treatments their patients could use.