Maine CDC Reports 28 Additional Cases Of COVID-19

Maine Public | By Ed Morin

Published May 10, 2020 at 11:47 AM EDT

A Mexican restaurant remains closed under orders to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Friday, May 8, 2020, in South Portland, Maine.

State health officials are reporting no new deaths in Maine Sunday related to COVID-19. That leaves the total number of deaths in the state related to the disease at 64.

In its daily update, the Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting 28 new cases, bringing the total of confirmed and presumptive cases to 1436. There are 36 people currently hospitalized in Maine due to COVID-19.

To date, nine of Maine's 16 counties have recorded no deaths from COVID-19.

The CDC says a total of 861 Mainers have recovered from the disease.

Updated 12:26 p.m. May 10, 2020.

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Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.

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