The state’s 7-day average of daily cases has decreased slightly in the last week.
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Maine CDC reports 27 additional COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
The number of cases reported daily by the Maine CDC has ticked up in recent days, although the state continues to have the lowest new-infection rate in the country, according to one tracking system.
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Another 21 COVID-19 cases reported in Maine but no additional deaths
The number of new cases reported both Wednesday and Thursday is higher than the seven-day average, although Maine’s infection rates remain low compared to most other states.
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Maine CDC reports 14 new cases of COVID-19, no additional deaths
When accounting for cases subtracted from previous days, Maine had a net of 7 more cases Monday, and the number of hospitalizations remains low.
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Maine faces numerous hurdles in coming race to vaccinate for COVID-19
Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming ‘vaccine hesitancy.’
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Hallowell requiring businesses to enforce mask-wearing guidelines
The order was recommended by the city’s Board of Health; hours later, 200-300 people lined Water Street, some without face coverings, to celebrate resident Chris Vallee’s release from the hospital following complications from kidney surgery.
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Mills to double rental assistance, fund efforts to address COVID-19 racial disparity
In other news, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced one additional death and 27 new cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus on Thursday.
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Maine adds another 29 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths
The 29 new cases is higher than the rolling daily average for the previous week, although Maine has yet to experience the surge in cases seen in some other states.
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Maine holds firm on exempted states as 2 more Mainers die of coronavirus
Even with the deaths and new cases, the state’s COVID-19 infection and mortality rates remain among the lowest in the country.
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As national labs bog down, some Mainers face long delays for COVID-19 test results
Maine’s self-reliant testing system is insulating most patients from long turnarounds that render tests ‘functionally useless.’