The Maine CDC is reporting 944 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. That has pushed the seven-day average of new cases to its highest point of the whole pandemic, 666.
The state says that 14 additional people have died from the disease.
Two hundred and seventy-eight people are hospitalized with COVID-19 today. That's slightly lower than a record high 280 on Wednesday. Eighty-one are in critical care and 32 are on ventilators.
The state's test positivity rate for COVID-19 also reached its highest point this week. And the single-day increase of 1,042 infections on Wednesday was the highest yet.