1,150 new COVID cases, 25 deaths reported in Maine on Friday

Maine Public | By Charlie Eichacker

Published December 17, 2021 at 8:55 AM EST

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A man wears a mask to help fight the spread of the coronavirus, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Portland, Maine. State officials reported more cases of COVID-19.

Maine is reporting 1,150 new cases of the coronavirus today (Friday).

The seven-day average of new cases is now 906.

The state CDC is reporting 25 additional deaths of people with COVID-19.

On Thursday, 381 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Maine. That was another pandemic high. Of those, 114 were in critical care and 66 were on ventilators.

The state CDC says two-thirds of those hospitalized patients are unvaccinated.