The Maine CDC on Tuesday reported 255 additional cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period, from Saturday through Monday.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 36.57 new cases per day on July 18 to 79.71 new cases per day on Aug. 1.

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.

The Maine CDC reported there have been more than 70,000 cases of the virus in the state since the start of the pandemic.