The Maine Center for Disease Control reported a total of 796 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.

The new number released by the Maine CDC is up from 770 the day before. Health officials also reported three new deaths on Thursday, raising the state’s death toll to 27.

The latest deaths are a woman in her 70s from Waldo County, and two people from York County: a man in his 70s and a woman in her 80s.

Community transmission of COVID-19 is now confirmed in Androscoggin, Cumberland, York and Penobscot counties.

Factoring in recoveries and deaths, there are currently 436 active cases.

The Maine CDC is now reporting the number of people testing negative. As of Wednesday, that number was 14,076.

The Maine CDC website has also been updated to reflect the number of current hospitalizations. On Thursday, it was reporting a total of 47 hospitalizations. 20 are in critical care and 7 are on ventilators.

There have been 130 hospitalizations to date and 333 recoveries.

On Wednesday, Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah says 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.

The latest information on coronavirus from the Maine CDC can be accessed by clicking here.

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.