Month: January 2021

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 41 new COVID-19-related deaths on Friday and 782 new cases.Friday’s reported deaths and new cases are both single-day records for the state since the beginning of the pandemic.New deaths were reported in 11 Maine counties. Androscoggin reported three new deaths; Aroostook County reported eight new deaths, Cumberland County and Franklin County each reported two new deaths; Hancock County reported six new deaths; Kennebec County reported four new deaths; Oxford County reported five new deaths, Penobscot County reported three new deaths; Somerset and Washington counties each reported one new death; and York County reported six new deaths.The 782 cases bring the total since the beginning of the outbreak to 28,407.MAINE CORONAVI...

The first case of the COVID-19 variant has been found in Pennsylvania, according to the state's Department of Health.The case was identified in Dauphin County.The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following statement on Thursday: "Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today announced the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7, in Pennsylvania. The confirmed case is in Dauphin County. This variant is the same one that was first discovered in England in December.This individual tested positive after known international exposure. A case investigation and contact tracing were performed to identify, inform and monitor anyone who was in close contact with this individual. The individual had mild symptoms, which have since been resolved while they comple...

Trying not to waste a single drop of coronavirus vaccine By Lenny Bernstein and Lola Fadulu Late in the afternoon on New Year’s Day, David MacMillan and a friend were food shopping in D.C. when the supermarket’s pharmacist approached. She was closing in 10 minutes and had two doses of unused coronavirus vaccine. Were they interested? If not, she would have to discard the precious liquid. “I feel like I’ve used up all my luck for the year on the first day,” MacMillan said. But “that’s one fewer person who can spread it to other people.” No one expected a perfectly smooth rollout of two new vaccines to hundreds of millions of people, an endeavor that has been hindered by delays in its first few weeks. But the campaign also is bringing good fortune to a few lucky souls such as MacMillan, wh...

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