President Joe Biden will announce new steps Tuesday afternoon intended to inoculate additional Americans against COVID-19.
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Maine reports 19 new cases of COVID-19
There were no additional deaths, and the vaccination rate has inched up to 58.8 percent of Maine’s population.
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Republican governors implore residents to overcome vaccine hesitancy as delta variant rises
Polling shows vaccine hesitancy has become almost wholly a GOP problem.
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Winslow woman wins $896,809 in Maine vaccination lottery
Kay Spofford, a dialysis dietitian in her early 60s, says the money will give her and her husband ‘peace of mind in our retirement.’
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Maine reports 15 new cases of COVID-19, 1 additional death
The seven-day average of daily new cases declined to 22.7, compared to 26.9 a week ago and 98.6 a month ago.
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Maine reports 21 new cases of COVID-19, 1 more death
The death and new cases come on the first day after Gov. Janet Mills lifted the state of civil emergency for the pandemic.
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Mills thanks public, praises state officials for response to deadly pandemic
At the state’s last regularly scheduled briefing on COVID-19, Gov. Janet Mills and Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah expressed sorrow for those who died and thanked Mainers for their sacrifices.
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Health officials search for key to boosting vaccination numbers
The Maine CDC and the state’s health care networks are examining who has yet to be vaccinated, the reasons why and how best to reach them.
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Growing gaps in U.S. vaccination rates show regions at risk
In the least vaccinated counties, many of them in the South and Central regions of the U.S., less than half as many people have gotten at least one COVID vaccine dose as in the most vaccinated counties in the cities and on the coasts.
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COVID-19 indicators improve, signaling ‘the tables have turned’
The seven-day average of daily new cases stands at 25.1, compared to 192.9 a month ago.