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Rebecca Conley/Maine PublicLast week, the administration directed the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to mandate that all employers with at least 100 employees require their workers be vaccinated, or provide a negative COVID-19 test each week. -
Robert F. Bukaty/Associated PressCaribou High School reported the largest outbreak, with 35 cases, followed by Hermon High School with 34.
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The state has recorded a total of 979 deaths and 82,607 infections during the course of the pandemic. -
"Although there's a lot of discussion and a lot of questions around boosters, boosters are not a medical emergency. They are important. But they are not the pathway out of the pandemic at this point," Shah said.
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That's more than double the number that signed up the previous two years. Ann Woloson of Consumers for Affordable Health Care says the more than 36,000 Mainers who are enrolled have significant savings in their premiums.
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In the span of about 18 hours, Senate President Troy Jackson, of Allagash, and majority leader Eloise Vitelli, of Arrowsic, announced that they had tested positive for the disease.
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Maine health authorities are reporting another 778 coronavirus infections on Wednesday — the highest single-day jump since an earlier surge last January.
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The agreement will bring specialists from MaineHealth to the St. Mary's campus in Lewiston to perform general surgery as well as provide cardiology and cancer care.
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Many of the new infections have been reported over the course of the last week. The state CDC is reporting them now because it's going through a backlog of test results that have accumulated during the late summer surge.
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In a written statement, Gov. Janet Mills says the funding will advance reforms to the state's child welfare system. Those include providing intensive in-home support programs for families.
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Dr. James Jarvis of Northern Light Health says the positivity rate for all tests done across its system is 11.5%. Dr. Dora Mills says MaineHealth's rate is more than 10%.
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Hospital leaders answer questions about the rapid resurgence of Covid-19 in Maine, and what that means for public health guidelines.
