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4 new deaths, 333 additional cases of coronavirus on Sunday

4 new deaths, 333 additional cases of coronavirus on Sunday

The Maine CDC reporting four new coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 323.  Photo: clipart.com


The Maine CDC reporting four new coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, bringing the death toll to 323.

333 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Sunday, which brings the total cases to 21,880. Of those, 18,769 have been confirmed by the state lab and the remaining 3,111 are probable.

Total number of hospitalizations on Sunday was 1,024.

The county with the highest number of cases continues to be Cumberland County, who reported 138 new cases for a total of 6,610. York County has the second most cases in the state with 4,400.

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