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A woman walks by empty motion picture poster frames outside the now-shuttered Nickelodeon Cinemas in Portland on March 24, 2020.
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Here’s a roundup of COVID-19 news in Maine and New England, as of 7: 30 a.m. Read all of our coronavirus protection here
— Friday marked the state’s first death in Maine. A Cumberland County man in his 80 s passed away after testing favorable for COVID-19
— The number of confirmed cases in the state increased to 168 on Friday, up from 155 on Thursday.
— The coronavirus has hit the hardest in Cumberland County, where 92 cases have actually been reported, according to the Maine Center for Illness Control and Avoidance. Other cases have actually been detected in Androscoggin (6 ), Franklin (1 ), Kennebec (6 ), Knox (2 ), Lincoln (5 ), Oxford (8 ), Penobscot (6 ), Sagadahoc (4 ), Waldo (2) and York (33) counties.
— Thirty individuals have actually been hospitalized with the infection, and 24 individuals have recovered from the infection.
— The variety of Mainers that tested unfavorable for COVID-19 is at 3,394 since Saturday morning.
— We’re tracking the variety of coronavirus cases in the state. Check out the current here.
— Maine’s hospitality-driven economy has been especially vulnerable to coronavirus Of the more than 21,000 brand-new unemployment claims in Maine last week, almost 8,000 were classified as workers coming from the lodging and food services industries.
— The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland revealed Friday that Holy Week and Easter services will be online and not open to the general public due to the policies currently in location in Maine.
— Wanting to commemorate a birthday while social distancing? Here are some ideas
— Maine’s public universities and neighborhood colleges are ready to provide necessary materials, research study and even school structures as officials prepare for an anticipated wave of COVID-19 to spread.
— Have you declared joblessness due to the coronavirus in Maine? We want to speak with y