The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Five more Bates students test positive; 62 now quarantined.
Four of the students whose tests came back positive late Tuesday were close contacts of a classmate who had already come down with the disease.
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Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Restaurants open, reopen and make big moves
And Chopped brings its Comfort Food Feud to Kennebunkport, with Maine chefs among the competitors.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Veterans know how to handle a crisis
As we all deal with the COVID pandemic, we could stand to learn a thing or two from those who have served.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. hits record for COVID-19 hospitalizations as infections surge
The wave appears more widespread than the surges of this spring and summer, and threatens to be worse, but experts say there are reasons to think the nation is better able to deal with the virus this time.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland schools plan to increase in-person time for high school students
The change will require 10th- through 12th-graders to attend Learning Center sessions on campus twice per week starting at the end of the month.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Four additional deaths, 172 new COVID-19 cases reported in Maine as virus surges
The number of active cases of the coronavirus in Maine has tripled – from roughly 600 to 1,800 – in one month, and hospitalizations as well as deaths are climbing.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Hong Kong socially distanced entertainment park opens doors
Health measures remain, though, with temperature checks, online pre-registration and mandatory face masks.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Sebago residents create memorial for Mainers lost to COVID-19
Wendy Newcomb said she and co-organizer Anne McMahon felt that they needed to do something to “keep united” in the face of a divided nation.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. surpasses 1 million virus cases in November
Newly confirmed infections in the U.S. are running at all-time highs of well over 100,000 per day, pushing the running total to more than 10 million.