Coronavirus maine

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.
Published
December 21, 2021

Biden to send more help to Maine hospitals as COVID patient count hits record high

The administration is sending ambulance crews to help Maine and New York, along with other support being provided to states as cases rise.
Published
December 21, 2021

Holiday gatherings pose COVID risks, but with certain precautions can be safer than last year

Small gatherings of vaccinated people who aren't at high risk for the disease can be relatively safe, some experts say.

Published
December 20, 2021

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine decline slightly from record high

There were 380 people hospitalized statewide on Monday, including 130 in critical care.
Published
December 19, 2021

How Maine lost control of coronavirus and became a national hot spot

With the virus raging across interior parts of the state, hospitals are already under stress as holidays, winter and the omicron variant lie ahead.
Published
December 17, 2021

Maine reports its first cases of the fast-spreading omicron variant

The detection of the fast-spreading coronavirus variant came on the same day state health officials reported 1,150 cases of COVID-19 and 25 additional deaths.
Published
December 16, 2021

Three rural Maine counties now among nation’s worst for spread of COVID

Franklin, Aroostook and Piscataquis, where vaccination rates are low, currently have the 4th, 5th, and 6th highest per capita new case rates in the U.S.
Published
December 16, 2021

Omicron variant believed to be in Maine as COVID surge continues

State officials say the new highly contagious coronavirus variant has not been officially detected in Maine, but they assume it is already here and will soon drive more infections.