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Maine CDC reports 475 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

Maine CDC reports 475 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

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(AP/WGAN) The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 475 cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period, Saturday through Monday. Two additional deaths were also announced.

Cases of the virus have continued to rise in the state during the late summer.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 173.86 new cases per day on Aug. 15 to 245.86 new cases per day on Aug. 29. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 0.43 deaths per day on Aug. 15 to 0.86 deaths per day on Aug. 29.

The Maine CDC reported on Tuesday that there have been more than 75,000 positive cases of the virus in the state since the start of the pandemic. There have also been 932 deaths.

More than 70% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus.

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