Comment on 253 cases of coronavirus now confirmed in Maine

Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support this mission by purchasing a digital subscription. Two more people in Maine who tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus have died, bringing the total to three. And 42 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Maine as of noon Sunday, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The individuals were a woman in her 80s and a man in his 60s, both from Cumberland County, the Maine CDC said Sunday.  Both individuals were hospitalized at the time of their deaths.  The additions Sunday bring the statewide total to 253 in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties, up from 89 cases a week ago.