AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,984 cases, 50 hospitalizations and 13 deaths. This data includes an increase of 30 new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,921 cases, 50 hospitalizations and 13 deaths. This data includes an increase of 17 new cases and two... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,889 cases, 48 hospitalizations and 13 deaths. This data includes an increase of 17 new cases and one... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated the estimated COVID-19 vaccination rate of students in each school administrative unit.   With the data release, the Maine CDC continues to urge all eligible individuals in Maine to receive the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.   The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Maine Department of Education estimated the rate of COVID-19 vaccination for youth ages 12-18 by SAU as part of a comprehensive plan to support vaccination of... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,872 cases, 48 hospitalizations and 12 deaths. This data includes an increase of eight new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,833 cases, 48 hospitalizations and 12 deaths. This data includes an increase of four new cases and one... Read more

Two Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District school committee members disagreed Oct. 13 what the schools should do on COVID-19 precautions. Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98’s schools have been following Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Maine Department of Education guidelines for returning to school. One of the recommendations is masking in close quarters despite vaccination status and no changes have been made since the guidelines were released in July... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,817 cases, 46 hospitalizations and 12 deaths. This data includes an increase of 41 new cases and one... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,739 cases, 45 hospitalizations and 12 deaths. This data includes an increase of 22 new cases since the... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,707 cases, 44 hospitalizations and 12 deaths. This data includes an increase of 14 new cases since the... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,685 cases, 44 hospitalizations and 11 deaths. This data includes an increase of 12 new cases, one new... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,655 cases, 43 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. This data includes an increase of one new case and one... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,618 cases, 41 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. This data includes an increase of 34 new cases since the... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,576 cases, 40 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. This data includes an increase of 34 new cases and one... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,527 cases, 39 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. This data includes an increase of 10 new cases since the... Read more

AUGUSTA — The U.S. Department of Labor has informed the Maine Department of Labor that its forthcoming COVID-19 vaccination requirement will apply to public sector employers in Maine, including state, county, and local governments and public school systems, according to a news release.  Last week, President Biden announced he has directed OSHA to develop a rule requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or require any workers... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,488 cases, 39 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. This data includes an increase of seven new cases since... Read more

Boothbay Region Elementary School administration and staff have been conducting contact tracing for five cases of COVID-19 since Sept. 10. Principal Shawna Kurr released a letter Sept. 16 explaining how contact tracing works, how Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Maine Department of Education define a “close contact,” and what that means for students depending on things like vaccination and the nature of contact. “There are three different letters that go out to families... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,472 cases, 38 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. This data includes an increase of 25 new cases and one... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,425 cases, 38 hospitalizations and nine deaths. This data includes an increase of 15 new cases since... Read more

LincolnHealth reported 21 new cases out of 485 tests for the week of Aug. 30 to Sept. 5. Totals remain steady while the amount of testing has varied over the past several weeks resulting in percent-positives between 4.3% and 5.25%. Director of Communications John Martins said the Delta variant continues its surge in Maine and breakthroughs – five of the 21 cases – represent nearly 30% of cases. “Testing numbers rose … and with school being back in session, we anticipate that we may see higher... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,383 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of seven new cases... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,368 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of 22 new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,336 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of seven new cases... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,316 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of eight new cases... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,308 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of eight new cases... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,291 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of nine new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,275 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of three new cases... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King, I-Maine, said Aug. 19 that Sen. King tested positive for COVID-19 this morning in Maine. Senator King took the test as a precaution after he began feeling under the weather yesterday, according to a news release. Upon learning of his positive test, Senator King issued the following statement: “Since COVID-19 first reached our shores last March, I have worked to follow the professional guidance and take all precautions necessary to... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,265 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of five new cases since... Read more

UGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,254 cases, 37 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of seven new cases and... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,247 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of seven new cases... Read more

AUGUSTA — For the week ending August 7, the Maine Department of Labor recorded about 800 initial claims filed for state unemployment insurance, and 100 initial claims filed for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). These numbers represent claim applications; claims are then reviewed for eligibility and legitimacy. In total, approximately 1,000 people were filing an initial claim or reopening their unemployment claim. Overall unemployment continued claims continue to decrease,... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,232 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of 10 new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,212 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of two new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,204 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of one new case since... Read more

LincolnHealth reported an uptick in COVID-19 testing and positive cases Aug. 3. After a three-week streak of no positive cases ended July 12 with a single case, six more were reported the following week and most recently 11 the week of July 26. This makes percent-positive cases 3%, the highest since the end of May. LincolnHealth’s John Martins said most cases continue to involve those not fully vaccinated. However, there have been a few breakthrough cases, of people who have contracted COVID-... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,202 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of seven new cases... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,193 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of two new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Wednesday the State of Maine will follow the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (U.S. CDC) updated face covering guidance, which recommends that all people, regardless of vaccination status, wear face coverings in indoor, public settings in areas with “substantial” or “high” levels of community transmission; and all teachers, staff, and students in K-12 schools wear face coverings, regardless of vaccination status or community... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,186 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of four new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,180 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes no changes since the last update... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,180 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of five new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,164 cases, 36 hospitalizations and seven deaths. This data includes an increase of two new cases and... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays. Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,160 cases, 36 hospitalizations and six deaths. This data includes no changes since the last update.... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays.  Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,159 cases, 36 hospitalizations and six deaths. This data includes an increase of three new cases since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays.  Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,154 cases, 36 hospitalizations and six deaths. This data includes no changes since yesterday’s update... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. Maine CDC conducts case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on holidays.  Knox County, since March 2020, has recorded 1,150 cases, 36 hospitalizations and six deaths. This data includes an increase of one new case since... Read more

AUGUSTA — The Maine CDC has updated its list of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the state of Maine. As of now, the Maine CDC updates its COVID-19 data on its website each morning with the latest coronavirus numbers from across the state.  After July 3, Maine CDC will conduct case investigations and contact tracing Monday through Friday. As a result, COVID-19 case data will be updated by 9:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Case data will not be updated Sunday and Monday or on... Read more