coronavirus maine

Published
April 25, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations increase sharply in Maine

Still, public health experts are not projecting a return to the winter surges that the omicron wave caused in Maine and the U.S.
Published
April 19, 2022

Maine transit agencies drop mask requirement

Starting Wednesday, passengers on public transportation in southern Maine will no longer have to wear masks after a federal judge struck down a nationwide face covering mandate.
Published
March 6, 2022

The pandemic effect: Personal stories of change
Published
February 19, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop; state reports 50 deaths from January

As new numbers slow, the Maine CDC continues to sort through a backlog from the height of the omicron surge.
Published
January 24, 2022

Some Midcoast schools report dip in COVID-19 cases

Health experts say it's too early to know whether Maine has reached its peak in the pandemic.
Published
January 24, 2022

Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases

Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.
Published
January 23, 2022

Backlog of positive tests reduces Maine’s ration of lifesaving COVID-19 drug

With tens of thousands of test results waiting to be processed, the state's case rate is artificially low, and that is reducing Maine's federal allocation of monoclonal antibody treatment.
Published
January 18, 2022

Maine National Guard to deploy 19 members to support Brunswick hospital amid COVID surge

The Guard members will arrive Thursday to support Mid Coast Hospital through non-clinical roles in the food and environmental service departments.
Published
January 16, 2022

Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high over weekend

A total of 109 coronavirus patients were in critical care on Sunday and 56 on ventilators.
Published
January 12, 2022

As Maine hospitals see another surge of COVID patients, hopeful signs emerge

Preliminary trends in other parts of the Northeast indicate that Maine could see a downturn in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.