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590 COVID-19 Cases, 9 Deaths In Maine

Robert F. Bukaty
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Associated Press
A healthcare worker watches as a patient uses a swab at a mobile testing location for COVID-19, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Auburn, Maine.

Nine more Mainers have died with COVID-19 on Thursday. The Maine CDC also added 590 cases of the disease — the 2nd consecutive day of record-breaking cases.According to the CDC, the men and women who died ranged in age from their 50s to 80s. Five were from Oxford County, and one each were from Aroostook, Cumberland, Kennebec and York counties.

One-hundred ninety one people are hospitalized with COVID-19, with 46 in critical care and 17 on ventilators.