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Maine CDC reports 2 deaths, 170 additional coronavirus cases

Maine CDC reports 2 deaths, 170 additional coronavirus cases

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The Maine CDC on Friday reported two new deaths and 170 additional cases of the coronavirus.

The number of COVID-19 infections continues to inch downward in Maine.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases has gone from 319 new cases per day on May 5 to 213 new cases per day on May 19.

The AP is using data collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering to measure outbreak caseloads and deaths across the United States.

All told, there have been more than 66,700 infections and 818 deaths since the start of the pandemic, the Maine CDC reported.

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