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7 Deaths, 344 COVID-19 Cases Added Saturday

Robert F. Bukaty
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Associated Press file
Dec. 8, 2020, file photo, a healthcare worker wears personal protective equipment as she speaks with a patient at a mobile testing location for COVID-19 in Auburn, Maine.

Seven more Mainers have died with COVID-19, and 344 cases were reported Saturday.

The Maine CDC also added 700 cases of the disease on New Year's Day, and 4 deaths.

Six of the deaths reported Saturday were in people from Cumberland County, in their 60s, 70s and 80s. The seventh death was in a woman in her 90s from York County.

In all, 25,245 cases of the disease have been diagnosed and 358 Mainers have died.

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.