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406,946 Cumulative vaccinations (An increase of 15,798 from Friday)

261,548 First doses administered (An increase of 8,413 from Friday)

145,398 Second doses administered (An increase of 7,385 from Friday)

45,635 Total cases (An increase of 183 from Friday)

704 Deaths (Flat from Friday)

183 New daily cases (A decrease of 42 from Friday)

74 Currently in hospital (Flat from Friday)

Another 183 coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, Maine health officials said Saturday.

The number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in the past 14 days statewide is 2,268. This is an estimation of the current number of active cases in the state, as the Maine CDC is no longer tracking recoveries for all patients. That’s up from 2,228 on Saturday.

No new deaths were reported Saturday, leaving the statewide death toll at 704.

Saturday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 45,635, according to the Maine CDC. That’s up from 45,452 on Thursday. READ MORE

By Hannah LaClaire of the Portland Press Herald

When Gov. Janet Mills announced on Friday that she was rolling back state restrictions on travel and increasing indoor capacity limits, Tina Hewett-Gordon felt like she had been given a Christmas gift in March.  READ MORE

An Auburn man who worked more than four decades at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center has sued the hospital and its parent organization, Covenant Health, alleging he was fired in retaliation for reporting health and safety concerns at the Lewiston facility.

Paul Blais, 58, went to work for the hospital in 1978 and was fired last April, according to the complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland. For the past 25 years, he was the director of environmental services and the housekeeping supervisor, and most recently earned $90,000 a year.

His attorney, Chad Hansen of Portland, said Friday that Blais has found a new job but his pay is substantially lower than it was at St. Mary’s. READ MORE

From WMTW

The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a Farmington husband and wife were killed Saturday in a fire at their home.

This was the third fatal fire to happen in Maine in the past week.

Public safety officials say first responders learned upon arriving to the Clover Mills Road home that two people were inside at the time of the fire. One of them, an adult female, was able to get out, officials say. READ MORE

From WMTW