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169 COVID-19 Cases Added On Sunday

Gregory Rec
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Portland Press Herald via AP, Pool
Chuck Rich, of Waterboro, is vaccinated by Kennebunk Fire Rescue paramedic David Garriepy during a MaineHealth COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Sanford, Maine.

The Maine Center for Disease Control added 169 more cases of COVID-19 to the state's total on Sunday.

No new deaths were reported. On Saturday, the CDC added the death of a woman in her 70s from Piscataquis County.

As of Saturday, more than half a million doses of vaccine had been administered in the state.

In total, 47,025 cases of the disease have been identified in Maine since the pandemic began, a year ago. And 724 Mainers have died.

All next week, Maine Public marks the anniversary of the pandemic as part of Deep Dive: Coronavirus. Find out more at mainepublic.org/coronavirus.

This story was originally published at 8:41 a.m. Saturday, March 13, 2021.

Andrew 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.