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Maine reports 715 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths

Maine reports 715 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths

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(WGAN/AP) The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention another 715 cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths on Friday.

The latest report comes as the Delta variant spreads and the state works through a backlog of positive test results.

Cases of COVID-19 are continuing to rise in Maine as the state heads into early fall.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 315.71 new cases per day on Sept. 1 to 454.86 new cases per day on Sept. 15. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 1.57 deaths per day on Sept. 1 to 4.00 deaths per day on Sept. 15.

The Maine CDC says there have been more than 82,000 cases of the virus in the state since the start of the pandemic. There have also been 979 deaths.

About two thirds of the state’s population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus.

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