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PublishedDecember 18, 2021
The pandemic is getting worse in central and western Maine
November was the deadliest month of the pandemic for Androscoggin and Franklin counties, and Franklin County recorded more deaths per capita last month than any other county in the state, according to the Maine CDC.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2021
With omicron’s arrival confirmed, Maine reports 1,080 new cases and 11 additional deaths
Gov. Janet Mills is asking Mainers to get booster shots and mask up to protect themselves against the omicron variant now in Maine.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2021
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine reach another record, ‘overwhelming our system’
Roughly two-thirds of the COVID patients in hospitals across the state are unvaccinated, and the percentage is as high as 85 to 90 among those in critical care.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2021
National Guard members deployed as COVID surge keeps pressure on Maine hospitals
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston asks for help as a federal surge response team gets to work assisting the staff at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2021
Federal ‘surge team’ coming to help Maine Medical Center with flood of COVID-19 patients
Pressure on Maine hospitals continued to rise Thursday as Maine reported a record number of new infections and intensive care patients.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
CMMC asks for federal assistance as COVID-19 continues to slam central and western Maine
Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that she requested teams of emergency medical personnel under a federal program on behalf of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2021
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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PublishedDecember 4, 2021
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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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
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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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
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.
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