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Maine reports 925 COVID-19 cases, no deaths

Maine reports 925 COVID-19 cases, no deaths

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(AP/WGAN) The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 925 additional cases of COVID-19 across the state Thursday. Public health officials announced no additional deaths.

Cases of the virus have continued to rise in the state.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Maine has risen over the past two weeks from 450.29 new cases a day on Sept. 14 to 558.29 new cases a day on Tuesday.

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.

Maine CDC reported the state has been the site of about 90,000 positive cases of coronavirus and more than 1,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Maine continues to have one of the highest rates of COVID-19 vaccination in the country.

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