2020 was a year of loss and hardship for many, a year of personal growth and new beginnings for others. To take stock of a year we’ll never forget, we spoke with more than a dozen Mainers to learn how 2020 affected them.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations flatten across state but still shattering records at EMMC
Maine Med, however, had 41 COVID-19 inpatients Wednesday and Thursday, the highest daily number yet.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Dozens of Maine schools now using COVID rapid tests for students and staff
The Maine CDC has distributed more than 4,000 rapid tests to K-12 schools since early November.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Uncategorized
Mercy, Mid Coast, MaineGeneral, EMMC hit new highs for COVID-19 inpatients
The burden shot upward at EMMC after a lull but flattened at Maine Med, SMHC and CMMC.
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘This virus moves fast:’ Maine reports 436 new COVID-19 cases and 5 more deaths
The state moves Cumberland County into the yellow designation for schools, meaning hybrid learning is recommended. And Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor is dealing with a major outbreak.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine residents will get a card along with COVID-19 shot
The cards are intended to simplify the process of getting vaccinated for coronavirus after patients receive the first of 2 shots.
Posted inTimes Record
After push from Maine Attorney General, Phippsburg board adopts Mills’ mask mandate
In a letter to the Phippsburg Select Board, Attorney General Aaron Frey wrote Gov. Mills’ executive order makes the board “legally obligated to require the use of face coverings in all municipal buildings.”
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Another day, another record: Maine reports 590 new cases
Nine more deaths were reported as well. New cases, as well as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, continue to surge to unprecedented levels in Maine and across the country.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine shatters daily record with 551 new cases of COVID-19
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC, says the state is now ‘squarely seeing’ the impact of Thanksgiving gatherings.
Posted inLocal & State
No letup in surge: Maine reports 411 new virus cases, 6 more deaths
Vaccines continue to roll into Maine this week, but the sobering trends are expected to last a while longer.