AGUSTA (WGME) –Governor Janet Mills has extended the State of Civil Emergency in Maine through September 3.

Every other state in the U.S. is also under a state of emergency, according to the National Governors Association.

New Hampshire renewed its state of emergency last Friday.

A State of Civil Emergency allows Maine to continue to draw down critical federal resources and to deploy all available resources to respond to COVID-19. This is Governor Mills’ fifth extension of the State of Civil Emergency. Under Maine law, State of Civil Emergency Proclamations may only be issued in 30-day increments.

As of August 3rd, adjusted for population, Maine ranks third lowest in the nation in terms of positive cases; eighth lowest in the nation in terms of deaths; fourth lowest in terms of patients ever-hospitalized out of the 36 states reporting; and fifth highest in the percentage of people who have recovered out of the 42 states reporting.