coronavirus maine

Published
January 11, 2022

Gov. Mills to send 169 more National Guard members to help Maine’s hospitals

It is the second time in a month that Mills has announced the deployment of Guard members to assist hospitals.
Published
January 10, 2022

Drugs to treat high-risk patients in critically short supply as omicron surge hits Maine

A national shortage leaves Maine’s doctors with a tiny fraction of the monoclonal antibody treatments their patients could use.
Published
January 10, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations exceed 400 for the first time in Maine

There were 403 patients hospitalized with the disease Monday, but the number of ICU patients has remained steady.
Published
January 6, 2022

Maine schools face ‘unfathomable challenges’ as omicron spreads

The Maine Department of Education reported Thursday that 4,946 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in school populations in the last 30 days.
Published
January 5, 2022

Maine hospitals report spike in staff absences caused by COVID-19

MaineHealth and Northern Light Health are urging Mainers to get vaccinated to ease the burden on health care workers caused by the surge likely being fueled by the omicron variant.
Published
January 4, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations near record high as Maine reports 25 more deaths

The number of patients edges closer to the pandemic peak reached last month.
Published
January 3, 2022

Omicron spreading in Maine as hospitalizations climb

The coronavirus variant made up 8.75% of the positive tests in the week leading to Christmas, according to genomic sequencing by The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor.
Published
December 25, 2021

2021 Photos Of the Year: A Pandemic Story

The wide availability of vaccines was supposed to get COVID-19 under control in 2021. Instead, the pandemic has worsened. With high levels of transmission and the arrival of the omicron variant, the winter months look bleak. But Mainers are resilient and resourceful. Children are in school, live entertainment has returned, and restaurants and other businesses survived - and in some cases thrived. Wearing masks has become commonplace, as has caring for our neighbors. Take a look back at the pandemic in Maine in 2021 through the eyes of Portland Press Herald photographers.
Published
December 23, 2021

In highly vaccinated New England, hospitals are under unprecedented strain as COVID-19 surges

Across New England=, hospitals are struggling with an overwhelming burden of patients amid a surge that has struck harder and faster than experts expected.
Published
December 23, 2021

Federal ambulance teams set to arrive Tuesday as Maine braces for post-holiday COVID surge

While the delta variant continues to drive cases and hospitalizations, Maine health officials say it's likely only a matter of time before the omicron variant becomes the dominant strain here.