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Maine CDC Reports Another Death, 45 New Cases Of COVID-19

Caitlin Troutman
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Maine Public
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase in Maine, and the state Center for Disease Control is reporting an additional death.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase in Maine, and the state Center for Disease Control is reporting an additional death.

The total number of cases in the state has increased by 45 to 1,648, according to the Maine CDC. And a man in his 90s from Cumberland County has died, bringing the total death toll to 70.

There have now been 214 hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the state, and the CDC reports that 1,012 Mainers have recovered from the disease.

Journalist Mal Leary spearheads Maine Public's news coverage of politics and government and is based at the State House.