Willis Ryder Arnold
Morning Edition producer-
The Maine Center for Disease Control has identified 29 new cases of COVID-19. 13 were reported yesterday, the lowest number since late summer of last year.
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Sen. Susan Collins says the bipartisan group she's working with on an infrastructure bill has reached a compromise they're taking to the White House.
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The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 13 new cases as of Monday morning, down from 50 on Sunday. The total number of cases identified since the pandemic began is just over 68,600.
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The state reports the daily count of new Covid-19 cases rests in the 30s for the third time in two weeks.
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But as numbers remain comparatively low, CDC director Dr. Nirav Shah says vaccination numbers must continue growing to prevent potential surges of the disease.
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The Maine CDC is reporting three additional deaths among patients with the disease.
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Rainstorms on Tuesday night have damaged the roads in some coastal areas of Maine, restricting travel on Wednesday.
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The new slate of commissioners is predominantly progressive and includes more people of color than were elected to the commission in 2009.
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The agency has recovered the bodies of two of the swimmers, who went missing on Messalonskee Lake on Monday.
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But the seven-day average of confirmed new cases has been trending downward since mid-April, from nearly 500 then to around 75 now.