(AP) The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 267 additional cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths Friday.
New cases continue to climb in Maine. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 187.33 per day on Aug. 11 to 204.71 per day on Aug. 25. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 0.43 per day on Aug. 11 to 0.71 per day on Aug. 25.
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 Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday there have been more than 74,000 positive cases of the virus in the state since the start of the pandemic. There have also been 928 deaths. State officials said about 71% of the state’s eligible population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said every county in the state is the site of substantial or high transmission of the coronavirus. The state is recommending indoor mask use in those areas. Only Sagadahoc and Cumberland counties are the site of moderate transmission, and no counties are the site of low transmission.
Some of the state’s most rural counties, including Aroostook and Hancock, are the site of high transmission.
