Health

Maine's Department of Health and Human Services is offering temporary incentive payments to health care providers who treat children enrolled in MaineCare.

The Maine Center for Disease Control Friday is reporting an additional death associated with COVID-19, a woman in her 70s from Androscoggin County. There have been 129 deaths related to COVID-19 in Maine.

Five more swab and send COVID-19 testing sites are opening next week in southern, western and Midcoast Maine.

The Maine Center for Disease Control Thursday is reporting another death associated with COVID-19, and 19 additional cases of the disease. Meanwhile, Gov. Janet Mills is taking steps aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits survive the pandemic.

One person linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at a Millinocket-area wedding has been admitted to Millinocket Regional Hospital.

Maine's count of COVID-19 cases grew overnight by 21, bringing the net total of cases since the pandemic began to 4,234.  The death toll remained unchanged at 127.

Maine's total number of COVID-19 cases logged since the pandemic began rose by 16 overnight to 4,213. The death toll held steady at 127.

The overall number of COVID-19 cases Maine has logged since the pandemic's onset grew by 29 overnight to 4,197.  The number of deaths remained unchanged at 127.

The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting an additional 24 cases of COVID-19 Sunday.