Local Coronavirus COVID-19 Resource Center

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 28, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

OWLS HEAD — An individual associated with the Ash Point Community School recently tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Dec. 25 letter sent by the Regional School Unit 13 administration. 

“There is a possibility that a small number of staff and students came in contact with the individual and therefore may have been exposed to the virus,” said the letter, signed by Superintendent John McDonald. 

All close contacts have received notification from the district, according…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 27, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 323.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 27, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 26, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine — sort of. 

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

However, due to the Christmas holiday, most information was not updated. 

In fact, it…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 25, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 319.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 25, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 24, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 317.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 24, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the launch of a new text messaging service to alert Maine people who test positive for COVID-19 of steps to take to protect their health and limit the spread of the virus, as part of a comprehensive plan to adapt Maine's response to the pandemic.

Beginning today, Dec. 23, people who test positive for COVID-19 and voluntarily provide their telephone number to their testing site will receive a text message…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending December 19, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,950 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,900 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). 

In total, approximately 3,700 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim.

About 14,300 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 18,200 weekly…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) will place its fourth order for doses of COVID-19 vaccine Thursday for 19,125 people to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Operation Warp Speed.

This order will represent the fourth in a series of vaccine requests that Maine CDC will file in the coming weeks and months, as specified by Operation Warp Speed, as part of Maine's accessible…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced the COVID-19 relief package that passed Congress and was signed into law included $200 million for logging and log hauling businesses that have been seriously impacted by the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis, according to a news release.

Senator Collins and Congressman Golden introduced and Senator Angus King (I-ME…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two hundred thirty four Maine health care providers — including behavioral health providers such as addiction counseling centers and mental health counselors — have been awarded a total of $34,082,143 in federal funding to support their efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release.

The Phase 3 General Distribution funding was provided through the Health Resources and…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 23, an additional eight COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 311.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 23, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills…

ROCKPORT and BELFAST — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, the two MaineHealth hospitals serving communities in Knox and Waldo counties, administered the first vaccinations for COVID-19 to its front-line caregivers Tuesday, Dec. 22.

Hours after the arrival of the Moderna vaccine at its hospitals, PBMC and WCGH began inoculating team members who provide direct care to patients infected with the coronavirus.

Among the first to be vaccinated were Diane Hynes…

LincolnHealth received its initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine late Tuesday morning and administered its first doses to front-line caregivers in the afternoon.

Leah Elias, MD, an Emergency Department physician, was among the first care team members to receive the vaccine at the clinic on the Miles Campus.

Elias said that getting the vaccine was an easy choice.

“There’s been a lot of unnecessary harm that’s come to people all over the world,” she said. “In order to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the State of Maine $1,191,258 to reimburse the State’s purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release. 

The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services received this funding to purchase disposable masks for front line responders, important PPE to protect essential workers against the spread of…

NORTHPORT—Back in April, The Atlantic magazine wrote a story about how making old-fashioned crafts during the pandemic could ease anxiety. Millions of crafters took that to heart, and with the COVID-19 virus still raging on nine months later, many burgeoning creators have taken to Instagram, YouTube, and other online resources to make…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 22, an additional 10 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 303.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 22, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA – Monday night, the Maine Department of Labor distributed a one-time $600 emergency relief payment to about 40,000 Maine people unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release.

Governor Janet Mills authorized the payment under a newly created Pandemic Relief Program (PRP) to assist unemployed Maine people facing substantial economic hardship as a result of COVID-19.

“We are pleased to announce the distribution of this one-time emergency relief…

NORTH POLE — Perhaps the number one question on children’s minds this week with Christmas approaching is whether it is safe for Santa to make millions of stops around the world with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

In Maine alone, would it be safe for Santa, and Mainers themselves, for him to climb down chimneys around a state with more than 7,800 active cases? Or even across the Midcoast which has a combined 313 cases across Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties? 

Thankfully, the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 21, an additional COVID-19 death in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 293.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 21, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 20, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 19, an additional 11 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 292.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 19, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills released the following statement Friday night in response to news the FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine:

“The approval of Moderna’s vaccine is another victory for science and another step forward in the fight to vaccinate as many Maine people against COVID-19 as quickly, equitably, and efficiently as possible.

“Maine CDC, in conjunction with Federal officials and our health partners across the state, have…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed a third order for COVID-19 vaccine with Operation Warp Speed and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Maine CDC ordered doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 8,775 people.

This third order is approximately 40 percent lower than originally planned, after Operation Warp Speed informed Maine late Wednesday the…

On Tuesday morning, Kayla Mitchell, a registered nurse at Maine Med’s intensive care unit, was vaccinated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She was among the first in Maine to receive this life-saving vaccine as soon as the first…

ROCKLAND—A fast-casual lunch and dinner spot opened this week called Maine Kebab, and owner Shane McGarvey and his executive chef, Ken Hynes, are already ahead of the curve in terms of issues that have plagued restaurants since the COVID-19 virus hit back in March.

The menu is very simple: Mediterranean and Turkish flavors. Main dishes include Tumeric rice bowls, flatbread sandwiches, falafel and hummus box, and a salad box all serve as the main ingredient dishes, to which a diner has…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 18, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 281.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 18, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending December 12, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,100 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 900 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

In total, approximately 3,900 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim.

About 13,900 weekly certifications, or continued claims, were filed last week for state unemployment, with another 17,200 weekly certifications…

ORONO — Daily testing and symptom tracking have identified a positive case of COVID-19 through antigen testing in the University of Maine men’s ice hockey program, according to a news release.

Student-athletes are in quarantine as a result and team activities have been paused.

Contact tracing of the University of Maine Emergency Operations Center deemed that the coaching and direct support staff of the team were not considered close contacts requiring mandatory quarantine as…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 17, an additional nine COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 276.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 17, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 16, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 267.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 16, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 15, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 265.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 15, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

THOMASTON—Like so many enterprising crafter/artists before her, Jo Ann Hoppe, an artist and entrepreneur from South Thomaston, has made a career from her hobbies. Refusing to let a pandemic dictate her direction, she’s lifting up a dozen or so local crafters, who are selling their consigned items in her newly opened shop, Blueberry Moose at 166 Main Street in Thomaston.

 “I’ve always been artistic, but in 2007, an artist told me I should be showing my stuff at craft fairs,” she said…

AUGUSTA — The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer arrived today, Dec. 14, in Maine. 

Governor Janet Mills released the following statement Monday in response to the arrival of the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Maine:

“Today, the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Maine and will be administered to frontline health care workers across the state. This news is a much-needed beacon of hope in an otherwise difficult time.

“This…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine has received an additional $5,570,755 to reimburse the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) including KN95 surgical masks for frontline responders, as well as disposable non-sterile isolation gowns and disposable isolation suits, according to a news release. 

This funding was awarded to the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Dec. 14, an additional two COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 259.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases in Maine resulting in deaths. Some information has not been provided by the Maine CDC. 

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 14, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

SEARSPORT — Searsport District Middle and High School will be holding a virtual community discussion surrounding how the community can support students amid the pandemic. 

The school’s staff and administration will be meeting virtually with interested members of the community Thursday, Dec. 17 at 6 p.m.

The focus of the community discussion on supporting students as they navigate an increasingly digital social and learning environment.

RSVP by emailing jtoothaker@rsu20.…

ROCKLAND — An individual associated with the South School in Rockland recently tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Dec. 12 letter from the district’s superintendent. 

“There is a possibility that a very small number of staff or students came in contact with the individual and therefore may have been exposed to the virus,” wrote Superintendent John C. McDonald. “Close contacts will receive a phone call and a letter verifying their status as a close contact if identified. We…

The following letter was distributed Sunday, Dec. 13 by Islesboro Central School Head of School Charles “Chuck” Hamm. 

Dear ICS Community, 

Islesboro Central School, like so many other schools around the state, has recently experienced its first positive case of COVID-19. We followed CDC and DOE recommendations and found 29 close contacts. ICS immediately implemented full remote learning.

No new cases have been identified and we remain optimistic that we have…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Dec. 13, of COVID-19 cases in the state of Maine.

Each morning, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.

The below data represents the number of full-time Maine residents who have been tested for COVID-19,…

AUGUSTA – The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's (DACF) Bureaus of Agriculture and Forestry are continuing to increase access to mental health resources for farming and forestry communities. DACF recently added the…