Maine is entering the back-to-school season, and already the University of Maine reported three cases of COVID-19 among its students.
Maine reported 32 cases of the novel coronavirus and one death on Saturday, as schools reopen across the state and the University of Maine records cases among its students. Maine’s cumulative cases rose to 4,317, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those,3,872 have been confirmed by testing and 445 are considered probable cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. There have been 130 deaths from COVID-19 in Maine. The person reported today to have died was a man in his 70s from Cumberland County, the CDC said. Subtracting the number of people who have recovered – 3,718 – and died, there were 469 active cases on Saturday. A woman died on Friday after contracting COVID-19 from a person who attended a wedding reception in Millinocket that has been tied to 32 known cases. The woman didn’t attend the reception, health authorities said. They did not identify her, nor the guest she came into contact with. Big Moose Inn, which hosted the event, has been cited for an “imminent health hazard,” which carries no fine but can bring harsher penalties if state officials determine the venue violated health rules again.
