PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The number of daily coronavirus infections has quadrupled in Maine over the last four weeks, and the total count since the start of the pandemic has eclipsed 70,000 cases.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that there have now been more than 70,000 reported cases of the virus in the state, and the number of deaths since the start of the pandemic was 898.

Maine health officials reported 172 cases over a three-day period and one new death Tuesday.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has also risen over the past two weeks from about 14 new cases a day on July 11 to about 61 new cases a day on Sunday. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths in Maine has also risen over the past two weeks from less than one death a day on July 11 to about two deaths a day Sunday.

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.

Maine authorities said about 68% of the state’s eligible population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus. That’s one of the highest rates in the country. However, counts have been increasing in Maine and around the country in recent weeks.