The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as well as one additional death.
The total number of confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 in Maine was 3,912. To date, at least 123 Mainers have died after contracting the disease caused by the coronavirus.
A pedestrian crosses Spring and Union streets in Portland on Monday. Ben McCanna / Staff Photographer
The Maine CDC reported 428 active cases on Friday after considering the total number of deaths and the 3,361 people who recovered, an increase of seven from Thursday. There have been 3,499 confirmed cases of the virus and 413 probable cases.
Maine continues to have one of the lowest rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality in the nation, according to daily monitoring and analysis by The New York Times.
As of Friday, Maine had an infection rate of 289 cases per 100,000 residents, which was lower than in any other state except Hawaii and Vermont. In comparison, the states that currently have the highest infection rates, Louisiana and Arizona, had 2,465 and 2,348 cases per 100,000 residents, respectively, according to The New York Times.
Still, Maine continues to have one of the worst disparities in the nation when it comes to the racial and ethnic breakdown of who is contracting COVID-19.
While blacks make up just 1.4 percent of all Maine residents, they account for about 22 percent of all COVID-19 cases in which the individual’s race is known, according to the latest CDC figures from Maine.
On Thursday, Governor Janet Mills announced that a million dollars from the state Coronavirus Relief Fund will be provided to organizations working in immigrant and minority communities to provide education, prevention and support services. Mills also announced $ 5 million in rental assistance to help prevent evictions and offset the loss of a federal unemployment benefit program that expires on Friday.
This story will be updated.
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