A wedding in Maine last month has now been linked to three coronavirus deaths, as well as outbreaks at both a jail and a nursing home.
A third coronavirus death has been linked to an and reception in Maine, according to the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The department has also connected at least 147 COVID-19 cases to the August 7 wedding, which has been linked to virus outbreaks at a jail and a nursing home. Fifty-six of the cases are among wedding guests and their secondary or tertiary contacts, the Maine CDC told CBS News on Saturday. Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah confirmed that a man in his 70s from Somerset County died of the virus this week, following one death at Millinocket Regional Hospital last month.
