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New coronavirus infections dip below 100 in Maine

New coronavirus infections dip below 100 in Maine

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Maine Center for Disease Control said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus infections dipped below 100 for the first time in nearly a month.

Maine hadn’t dropped below 100 cases since Feb. 21, when the state announced 98 infections.

The state’s seven-day average is 190 infections while the number of deaths is below 1. No new deaths were reported Wednesday.

There have now been 43,483 cases of COVID-19 in Maine since the pandemic began about a year ago. There have been 725 deaths.

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