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The Maine Center for Disease Control says 93 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 and five have died in the last week.

Data from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that COVID-19 cases are on the rise.

The Maine Center for Disease Control says COVID hospitalizations in Maine continue to remain higher than they were during the summer. There are 60 COVID patients in the hospital as of Monday.

Mainers can start making appointments to get the updated COVID vaccine, which is already available at pharmacies such as CVS.

On Tuesday, the U.S. CDC is expected to develop recommendations for who should get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, which could be available in Maine this week or next.

After taking a slight dip this summer, COVID hospitalizations in Maine are ticking up again, though they remain below levels in early June.

The suit was filed against the Mills Administration in 2021 by seven health care workers who say they should have been granted religious exemptions from getting the COVID vaccine.

There are currently 92 people hospitalized with the disease, the first time the number has dipped into the low 90s since last April.

The grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow the hospital system's research arm to study what causes long COVID. It is a condition that occurs when symptoms of the virus continue after a person is no longer contagious. Typical symptoms have included brain fog and loss of smell and taste.

FEMA announced Monday that it's awarding nearly $2.7 million to the Mills administration for purchasing PPE for state employees, and nearly $3.7 million to Maine Medical Center for the cost of testing staff for COVID and for hiring temporary employees.