Bangor Studio/Membership Department
63 Texas Ave.
Bangor, ME 04401

Lewiston Studio
1450 Lisbon St.
Lewiston, ME 04240

Portland Studio
323 Marginal Way
Portland, ME 04101

Registered 501(c)(3) EIN: 22-3171529
© 2025 Maine Public
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Scroll down to see all available streams.

27 COVID-19 deaths, 3,754 cases added in Maine on Friday

Pam Hetherly fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Augusta Armory, Dec. 21, 2021, in Augusta, Maine.
Robert F. Bukaty
/
AP
Pam Hetherly fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Augusta Armory, Dec. 21, 2021, in Augusta, Maine.

Twenty-seven more Mainers have died with COVID-19, according to the state CDC.

The agency also added 3,754 new cases of the disease on Friday.

Despite the high numbers, the CDC has pointed to other indicators — such as viral loads in wastewater testing as well as hospitalization numbers — as evidence of declining transmission.

As of Thursday, 247 Mainers were hospitalized with COVID-19, with 63 in critical care and 23 on ventilators.

Andrew Catalina is a news editor primarily responsible for overseeing news content on all of Maine Public's digital platforms, in addition to myriad other news- and content-related roles.