Figures updated by the Maine CDC hours after the Press Herald reported that only outdated numbers were available show a near quadrupling in the pace of new cases in the last 11 days of June.
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Number of COVID-19 patients in Maine hospitals remains low
Maine Medical Center in Portland had fewer coronavirus patients this past week than at any time since the early days of the pandemic.
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Widely cited health institute keeps missing the mark on Maine death projections
The wildly different estimates by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington spotlight the potential peril of relying on one model to predict how the coronavirus will spread.
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Pandemic takes staggering financial toll on Maine hospitals
They have lost $250 million a month since the pandemic hit the state. The federal bailout has covered about a month’s losses.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations fall across the state, even in southern Maine
More younger, healthier people are being tested now, and fewer of them have to be hospitalized when they get the disease.
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COVID-19 patients at Maine Med decrease dramatically with wave of deaths, recoveries
Coronavrius inpatient counts remain flat at most other Maine hospitals.
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New cases spiking in southern Maine, raising concerns that COVID-19 is resurging
Androscoggin County’s daily trend has risen nearly 15-fold in recent weeks, while Cumberland County’s has tripled.
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Portland’s major hospitals see sharp increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations
But cases at most other hospitals across Maine remained flat over the past week.
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Maine reopening despite missed benchmarks, inadequate testing regime
Experts say more widespread testing of people without symptoms is essential to beating the pandemic and restoring the economy.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine stay flat for 5th week
The data don’t likely reflect any effects yet of loosened social distancing measures.