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This story will be updated. Another 16 Mainers died as health officials on Friday reported 823 more coronavirus cases across the state. Friday’s report brings the total number of coronavirus cases in Maine to 32,781, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up from 31,958 on Thursday. Of those, 26,923 have been confirmed positive, while 5,858 were classified as “probable cases,” the Maine CDC reported. The 16 deaths reported on Friday bring the statewide toll to 477.