Maine loses another resident to COVID-19; 21 new cases, 10 recoveries

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Maine CDC reports one additional coronavirus-related death as of Monday- a fifty-year old Cumberland county man. 10 recoveries, as well as 21 new cases have been reported in the state.

As of Monday, there have been 3,970 cases reported. 3,541 of those being confirmed cases and the remaining 429 as probable.

So far, 389 people have been hospitalized due to the coronavirus, and 3,396 have recovered.

Coronavirus cases have been reported in all 16 Maine counties. Cumberland county leads the state with 2,058 cases, with York in second with 658 infections.

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