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2 More Maine Deaths From COVID-19, Number Of Cases In The State Rises To 867

Maine Public | By Ed Morin
Published April 19, 2020 at 11:44 AM EDT
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Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah answers a question from Steve Mistler at a coronavirus press briefing March 26, 2020.

State health officials say two more Mainers have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease to 34.

The number of confirmed cases is 867, which is 20 more than Saturday.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of hospitalizations stands at 46, down from 49. Of those, 18 are in critical care, with nine on a ventilator.

Three-hundred ninety-three people have recovered from the disease.

Seventy-five percent of all the confirmed cases are in Cumberland, York and Kennebec Counties. A case has now been confirmed in Piscataquis, meaning there are confirmed cases in every county in Maine.

Updated 12:18 p.m. April 19, 2020
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Ed Morin
Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.
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