Sources: WGME-TV
Maine reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India. 2021-05-16
Maine reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. 2021-03-26
Maine reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant that originated in South Africa. 2021-03-4
Maine reports its first two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in a person from Franklin County who previously travelled internationally. 2021-02-10
Massachusetts announces that they will remove New Hampshire and Maine from their low-risk travel list for contracting COVID-19. Individuals returning to Massachusetts from those states will be required to fill out a travel form, quarantine, or present a negative COVID-19 test. 2020-11-21
Maine reports 204 new infections, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-9
Maine reports 127 new infections on Election Day, its single day record since the pandemic began. 2020-11-3
After a federal investigation by the United States, 47 foreign-born gang members are arrested in New England, including members of the "True Somali Bloods", "True Sudanese Bloods" and the "Asian Boyz". Over half are arrested in the U.S. state of Maine. 2010-08-22