Charlie Eichacker
Digital News ReporterCharlie joined Maine Public at the start of 2021, after spending more than seven years writing for newspapers in Maine and Vermont. His stories earned several top honors from state and regional press associations.
Charlie has a bachelor's degree in English from Colby College and a master's in journalism from Columbia University. He taught English in China for two years with the U.S. Peace Corps and now lives in Maine with his wife, their two cats and a dog.
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The number of Mainers hospitalized with COVID dropped by 14 today, to 139. That's down almost 100 from the most recent peak of hospitalizations that Maine saw in the spring. Nineteen patients are in critical care and five are on ventilators.
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The number of hospitalized patients was down to 160 on Monday. That's 33 fewer than last Thursday, when 193 people were hospitalized. And it's down 71 from mid-May, when cases recently peaked at 231.
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The number of Mainers hospitalized with COVID has fallen by 11 on Friday, to 182. That marks a downward turn after four days of rising hospitalizations. Twenty-two patients are in critical care and five are on ventilators.
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Maine's COVID hospitalizations have inched up again on Thursday, to 193. That's two more patients than yesterday. Twenty-seven are in critical care and four are on ventilators.
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While there are some trends that may make gun violence less likely here, the state is “lucky” it hasn’t seen a high-profile mass shooting, according to Michael Rocque, a criminologist at Bates College who grew up in Maine and has studied the circumstances around mass shootings.
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The number of Mainers hospitalized with COVID has climbed again on Wednesday, to 191. That's up seven from yesterday. But hospitalizations still haven't returned to the recent peak of 231 that they reached two weeks ago.
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The number of Mainers hospitalized with COVID jumped by 19 today, to 186. But that's still down from a recent high of 231 two weeks ago. Twenty-five patients are in critical care and three are on ventilators.
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They dropped by 11 on Thursday, to 166. Fifteen patients are in critical care and four 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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The Maine CDC is reporting one additional death of someone with COVID, bringing the pandemic death toll to 2,345.