AUGUSTA Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday that Maine has reached another vaccination milestone, delivering at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine to more than 70 percent of Maine people eligible to receive a vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) tracker.
Maine has now given at least one shot of a vaccine to 70.5 percent of Maine people 12 and older.
President Joe Biden set a July 4 goal of delivering at least one shot to 70 percent of adult (18+) Americans. Maine met that goal on May 12, 53 days ahead of July 4. With today’s achievement, Maine has again met that goal ahead of schedule, but now for a larger eligible population: people 12 years and older.
Augusta brewery to offer a beer with a COVID-19 shot
Cushnoc Brewing Co. is partnering with Waldo County General Hospital for a pop-up COVID-19 clinic on June 4 at the brewery s Annex on North Belfast Avenue.
AUGUSTA As incentives go, free beer is not a terrible one.
As the strategy to administer COVID-19 inoculations in Maine shifts from mass vaccination sites to smaller clinics and pop-up locations, some organizations are getting creative in their choice of locations, which will involve ice cream shops, farmers markets and, well, beer.
Cushnoc Brewing Co. is partnering with Waldo County General Hospital in the MaineHealth network for “Shot & a Beer” at the brewery’s Annex during which people will be able to receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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An additional nine people have died of COVID-19 in Maine, and the state is reporting 219 new cases on Thursday.
It’s not clear when the deaths occurred, but the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention regularly reports deaths in batches after reviewing cases to verify medical information.
The agency is likely to release more details about the fatal cases later Thursday.
Maine continues to have a stable case count, with cases in the 200s for the past six days. The seven-day average of daily new cases stood at 215.1 on Thursday, compared to 266.9 a week ago and 451.6 a month ago.
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