The governor also approved outdoor service at bars, breweries and tasting rooms beginning Wednesday. Gyms, nail salons and tattoo parlors also can reopen everywhere.
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maine CDC reports 71 new coronavirus cases as outbreak hits Cape Elizabeth memory care home
The additional cases and 2 deaths come at a time when the Mills administration is relaxing restrictions on businesses to begin reviving Maine’s economy.
State reports new outbreak of 57 cases at long-term care facility in Cape Elizabeth
The outbreak at Cape Memory Care is the largest reported at one time in Maine, and more test results are still pending.
Maine sees jump in coronavirus infections with 78 new cases
Wednesday’s spike is attributed in part to increased testing capacity at state and private labs, and comes at a time when the racial gap among those with COVID-19 is growing.
Maine delays gym openings as CDC reports 3 deaths, 28 additional COVID-19 cases
While the reopening of gyms, fitness centers and nail salons will be delayed because of concerns about virus transmission, campgrounds will be allowed to reopen this weekend to Maine residents, about a week ahead of the original plan.
Maine expands access to tests as state reports 26 new coronavirus cases and 1 additional death
Gov. Janet Mills and Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah discuss the increased testing capacity, new potential outbreaks and the state’s multiphase economic reopening plan.