Health

Updated April 30, 2020 at 2:18 p.m. ET.

Maine Center for Disease Control Dr. Nirav Shah says Maine's tally of COVID-19 cases rose overnight by 39, for a total of 1,095 cases since the pandemic began. Another person died, bringing the total number of deaths to 53.

Another Maine resident has died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as the number of cases in Maine rose on Wednesday by 16, for a total of 1,056. But Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah said some additional cases have just been identified.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills says she's likely to announce Tuesday whether she'll extend her stay-at-home order, which expires Thursday. 

The Portland City Council voted unamimously Monday night to extend the city's Emergency Stay-at-Home order put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The order, set to expire Monday, has been extended through May 18.

Workers in the city of Portland, especially those who come into close contact with the public,  would have to wear masks, or similar cloth face coverings, if the Portland City Council approves an amendment to the city's emergency stay-at-home order at its meeting Monday evening. 

State Health Officials are reporting another 25 cases of COVID-19 in Maine Sunday, but no additional deaths.

The Maine Center for Disease Control Saturday is reporting 990 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maine, an increase of 25 from Friday's report.

There were also three more deaths reported. In an emailed statement, Maine CDC Communications Director Robert Long said that the three were all women older than age 80. One woman was from Androscoggin County, one was from Franklin County and one was from Waldo County.

Fifty people have died from confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Maine so far.

Five hundred nineteen people have recovered from the disease.

The Maine Center for Disease Control has confirmed 965 cases of COVID-19 in the state and 47 deaths, an increase of three from Thursday

Three more Mainers have died of COVID-19 since Tuesday, as 19 new confirmed cases were added. That's according to new figures the Maine Center for Disease Control released Wednesday morning.