AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) – Six more Mainers have died from coronavirus.
That, since the total number of cases in Maine is 29,000.
New deaths have been reported in four provinces in Maine.
York County and Aroostook County each reported two new deaths.
Cumberland County and Hancock County each reported one new death.
Four of the people who died were women, while two were men. One was between 60 and 69 years old, two were between 70 and 79 years old and three were 80 or older.
Deaths jump to 432.
The Maine CDC reports 617 new cases on Saturday.
The total number of cases is now 29,019.
Confirmed cases topped 24,000 overnight, for a total of 24,218.
Distribution by country:
Cumberland reports the most new cases with 152.
York County has 138 new cases, while Penobscot County reports 86 new cases.
Six of Maine’s 16 counties had an increase in double-digit cases.
The Maine CDC says 52,324 vaccines against coronavirus were given in Maine.
The number is divided into first and second doses.
47,656 people received the first shot, while 4668 received the second shot.
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