The Maine Center for Disease Control reported a total of 770 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The new number released by the Maine CDC is up from 734 the day before.
Health officials also reported four new deaths on Wednesday, raising the state’s death toll to 24. The updated figures bring Maine’s death toll to 24, and the number of positive cases to 770.
All told, 166 people who’ve tested positive, or 21%, are health care workers, said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC.
The new deaths were a resident of Androscoggin and three in Cumberland County, he said.
Two people have died at each of the three long-term care facilities with active outbreaks, The Commons at Tall Pines in Belfast; the Augusta Center for Health and Rehabilitation; and Maine Veterans Homes in Scarborough, Shah said. Five patients and staff also have tested positive at The Cedars retirement community in Portland, he said.
Since the virus first arrived in Maine, 126 individuals have been hospitalized at some point, while 305 people have recovered.
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The state had 441 active cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Cumberland County had 339 cases, while York County had 156. In addition to those two parts of the state, the Maine CDC has also said that community transmission has been confirmed in Penobscot County, where there are 36 known cases of COVID-19.
Kennebec County has recently seen a sharp rise in its number of cases. Ninety-three of them were being reported on Wednesday. Health officials said this week that 41 patients and 14 staff members at the Augusta Center for Health and Rehabilitation had tested positive for coronavirus.
On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills extended a civil state of emergency until May 15. The proclamation authorized Mills to use emergency powers to expand the state’s response to the virus. Mills says extending the order also allows her to lengthen the state’s stay-at-home order, which is currently scheduled to end at the close of April.
