Meanwhile, COVID-19 has killed over 780,000 Americans and deaths are running at about 860 per day.
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Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections arrives in New Orleans
The company says no changes to scheduled future sailings on the Norwegian Breakaway are planned.
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Putin hopes WHO soon approves Sputnik V vaccine
A new report puts the the overall number of virus-linked deaths in Russia from April 2020 to October 2021 at over 537,000 – almost twice the official toll.
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J.P. Devine: Now go get your shots and your milkshake
There was one bright light recently amid the bad COVID-19 news, J.P. Devine writes.
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Some events returning but pandemic still taking toll on Augusta Civic Center
The delta variant of the coronavirus came along just as bookings were picking up at the city-owned conference center and auditorium.
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Vaccinating students seen as key moment as central Maine schools juggle pandemic challenges
With the increase in COVID-19 cases despite using the same guidelines as last year, school districts are seeing large increases in the number of positive cases from just the first few months of school.
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Maine CDC reports 876 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths
The state has more than 300 virus patients hospitalized for the 11th consecutive day.
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Maine doesn’t count at-home COVID tests in official case counts. But that’s OK, the agency says.
The public health benefit at-home rapid tests provide for Mainers outweighs any potential undercounting of cases, a spokesperson for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
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Past COVID-19 infection may not fend off omicron variant, study suggests
Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, whether it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the vaccine.
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Pace of new COVID infections continues post-Thanksgiving rise
The delta variant continues to drive a surge in infections in Maine as the new omicron variant is being detected elsewhere in the country.