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Maine reports 778 coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

Maine reports 778 coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

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(AP) The Maine Center for Disease Control reported another 778 infections and seven deaths on Wednesday. That brings the total number of deaths in Maine to nearly 82,000 and the number of deaths to 976.

New cases of the coronavirus in Maine have risen by nearly 70% from two weeks ago. The number of deaths is growing, too.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 262 new cases per day on Aug. 30 to 444 new cases per day on Sept. 13. The seven-day rolling average of daily deaths in Maine has also risen over the past two weeks from about one death per day to about four in the same period.

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.

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