Andrew Catalina
Manager of Digital NewsAndrew Catalina is manager of digital news, responsible for editing and producing news content on all of Maine Public's digital platforms, in addition to myriad other news- and content-related roles.
Prior to joining Maine Public in 2014, Andrew worked at Bangor Daily News as a web content manager, copy editor and page designer. He earned a bachelor's in New Media from the University of Maine in Orono, where he got his start in journalism at the student-run Maine Campus newspaper and occasionally hosted a music radio show on WMEB.
Andrew lives with his wife, Elyse, and three children in Waterville.
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Twenty-two patients are in critical care, and five are on ventilators.
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Maine is one of the few outlier states with above average gun ownership, yet relatively few gun deaths, according to various sources. Some groups even say it’s possible a tragedy like the one at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde could have been prevented with gun laws like Maine’s.
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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.
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The agency also added 1,924 cases of the disease, but in recent weeks has moved away from that number as an indicator of transmission.
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In the last seven days, an average of 863 cases were added per day — a decline from the week prior, when over 1,000 per day were added.
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In the last seven days, the Maine CDC has reported an average of 1,046 cases per day, a number that continues trending upward.
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Maine's seven-day rolling average of new cases, which had been ticking upward since the holiday season, has again surpassed 1,000.
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The Maine CDC is also reporting eight deaths related to the disease.
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In the past week, an average of 687 cases have been added each day — a slight dip from yesterday's figure, but still at record-high levels compared to other surges during the pandemic.
