#COVID-19

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 2, 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…

MaineHealth cancelled the Belfast COVID-19 vaccine clinic scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 2.

If you are one of the affected patients, your appointment has been rescheduled to the…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Feb. 1, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 595.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Feb. 1, 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 31, 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 30, 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 30, an additional 20 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 590.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Between Jan. 11 and Jan. 24, 2,433 Maine small employers were approved for a total of $221,560,725 in forgivable PPP loans between, according to the latest data from the U.S.…

Maine is beginning to round the corner on the post-holiday surge of COVID-19.

Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills.

On Thursday, Maine reported a lower positivity rate of 3.64, a…

AUGUSTA — Today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut…

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed another order for first doses of COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 29, 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 29, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 570.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

MORRILL — Nearly two dozen cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a church on Route 3 in Morrill. 

Dr. Nirav Shah, the Director of the Maine CDC, said Thursday during his twice-weekly press…

UPDATE, JAN. 28: Maine CDC received word early Thursday afternoon the vaccines are viable, and there was no compromise of safety or efficacy.

The Maine CDC, according to…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Thursday she will end the 9 p.m. early closing time for businesses, effective Monday, February 1.

The decision is the result of Maine’s improving…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 28, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 567.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 23, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 2,800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 400 initial claims filed for federal…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday she has asked her departments to explore whether federal funding may exist to help Maine provide the same beneficial tax treatment to PPP funds…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 27, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 562.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 26, 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 26, an additional 11 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 558.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

ORONO — All University of Maine athletic teams will not compete on the road or on campus through at least Feb. 4, at which time the university’s athletic department will review next steps.

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration submitted Monday a proposed change package to the supplemental budget in order to accommodate recent adjustments to the federal tax code contained in the more…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 25, an additional three COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 547.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19…

Waldo County official ‘frustrated’ emergency management agencies haven’t played larger role

Vaccination efforts across rural Maine to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic are going as well…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has yet to provide the Jan. 24 daily COVID-19 update, and as of 6:15 p.m. no explanation has been publicly provided for the missing update. 

Maine CDC, on its…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 23, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 544.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

MaineHealth, which includes Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital, will open the area’s first COVID-19 vaccination clinics for the general public on January 27.

The…

January 29 through March 31

ROCKPORT — The Samoset Resort in Rockport is collaborating with Coastal Healthcare Alliance to donate function space within the resort to serve as a COVID-19 vaccination site for the surrounding…

Phase 1b includes older Maine residents, beginning with those 70 and older; followed by people ages 65 to 69

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has placed another order for doses of COVID-19…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 22, an additional four COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 540.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

ROCKLAND — Rockport resident Lochlin Recht has started Easy Errands Delivery, a service to assist people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recht wants to provide a service in light of the…

Unemployment insurance payments are taxable

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Labor is assuring unemployment claimants will receive their Form 1099-G by the end of the month. 

Unemployment insurance payments are taxable, the…

AUGUSTA — For the week ending January 16, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 3,300 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 1,000 initial claims filed for federal…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 21, an additional six COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 536.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

AUGUSTA — Schools in counties designated by the Maine CDC and Maine Department of Education as being a yellow county due to COVID-19 cases are now permitted by the state’s governing body for high…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 20, an additional 11 COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 530.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

ORONO — The University of Maine men’s basketball team paused team activities late Tuesday afternoon due to two presumptive positive COVID-19 tests among the team’s Tier-I personnel, according to a…

ROCKLAND — Rockland Rotary recently offered to cover the cost of a new refrigerator in order for the Rockland Fire Department to store and administer the COVID-19 vaccine to first responders in…

AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills extended Tuesday the State of Civil Emergency through February 17.

The Governor’s decision to extend the emergency is in line, according to a news release,…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list, Jan. 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…

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has announced, Jan. 19, an additional five COVID-19 deaths in the state, bringing the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 519.

Below is a table of all the COVID-19 cases…