April 8 Evening Update: The Latest On The Coronavirus And Maine

Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support our critical reporting on the coronavirus by purchasing a digital subscription or donating directly to the newsroom. As of Wednesday, there are now 537 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus spread across 15 of Maine’s counties, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those, 101 Maine residents have been hospitalized with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, while 187 people have fully recovered from it. [Our COVID-19 tracker contains the most recent information on Maine cases by county] Another two people have died from the coronavirus, bringing the statewide death toll to 14. The only county without any confirmed cases is Piscataquis. Here’s the latest on the coronavirus and its impact in Maine. —Maine expected to get 15 rapid coronavirus testing machines to more quickly assess patients, but on Wednesday it received a “much smaller” number of the machines, health officials said.