Sources: WGME-TV
The French overseas department of New Caledonia enters a two-week lockdown after three community transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday. 2021-09-7
The World Health Organization announces a new system of naming the COVID-19 variants using the Greek alphabet in order to avoid stigmatizing countries where variants are first detected. According to the new system, B.1.1.7 becomes Alpha, B.1.351 becomes Beta, and P.1 becomes Gamma. Meanwhile B.1.617, which split into sub-lineage B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2, is called Kappa and Delta respectively. 2021-05-31
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