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Maine reports 12 more COVID deaths on Tuesday as hospitalizations slowly drop

Dr. Sydney Sewall fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Augusta Armory, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in Augusta, Maine.
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Dr. Sydney Sewall fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Augusta Armory, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in Augusta, Maine.

Maine is reporting 1,391 cases of the coronavirus since the end of last week.

Those counts have not reflected the actual number of daily cases since the omicron wave hit Maine and created a backlog of positive test results. But other indicators such as wastewater testing suggest they could be starting to drop.

The state CDC is reporting 12 additional deaths of people with COVID.

The number of people hospitalized in Maine with COVID has been dropping. There were 319 on Tuesday, with 75 in critical care and 29 on ventilators.