Health

Maine is reporting an increase overnight of 54 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total since the pandemic hit the state to 5,391. The death tally remained unchanged at 141.

Another Mainer with COVID-19 has died, as the number of cases the state has logged since the pandemic's onset grew by 37 overnight, to 5,337.  The death tally now stands at 141.

The director of the state CDC says out-of-state visitors have not transmitted high levels of the new coronavirus in Maine.

The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting an additional 28 cases of COVID-19, bringing the state's cumulative total to 5,288 since the pandemic began.. There are now 581 active cases of the disease in the state.

No new deaths were reported Sunday. That number stands at 140.

Eight people with the disease are currently being hospitalized, according to the center. One of those individuals is in critical care.

The next Maine CDC briefing is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

The Maine Center for Disease Control on Saturday is reporting 5,260 total cases of COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic arrived in Maine, an increase of 25 cases since Friday. There are 582 active cases of COVID-19 in the state.

Oxford County has joined York County in its yellow designation under the Maine Department of Education's COVID-19 color-coded risk system. That means schools are advised to take additional precautions to prevent transmission of the virus.

Maine's COVID-19 case tally rose by another 20 overnight, to a total of 5,235 since the pandemic's onset.  The death tally remained unchanged at 140.

Maine's tally of COVID-19 cases logged since the pandemic's onset rose overnight to 5,215, an increase of 44. The death toll remained unchanged at 140.

Maine's tally of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic hit the state has grown to 5,171, an increase of 25 since Tuesday.  The death toll remained unchanged at 140.