PORTLAND, Maine (WGAN) Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 14 more Mainers have died with COVID-19.
In Wednesday’s update, health officials also reported an additional 660 cases of the virus, continuing a trend of high case counts going into the fall.
The 7-day average of new daily cases reached 473. That rate has remained mostly flat over the past couple of weeks.
Hospitalizations also remain high, with 212 people hospitalized in the state with COVID-19. That’s compared to 209 a week ago and 199 two weeks ago.
We’re expecting to hear more from state health officials this week about Maine’s effort in getting vaccine doses to kids ages 5-11, with federal regulators giving the final green light Tuesday for use of the Pfizer vaccine in that age group.
Maine CDC Spokesman Robert Long says they were expecting an allocation of nearly 34,000 doses this week so that they can quickly begin the process of immunizing younger kids.
