Additional COVID conditions joined to Maine marriage reception, 53 total situations so much

AP

August 23, 2020 | 7:35 AM

MAINE (AP) – More situations of COVID-19 have been connected to a Maine wedding reception that violated attendance limitations.

Maine state health and fitness officers said Saturday that so significantly, 53 cases of the virus have been traced back to the Aug. 7 reception in Millinocket. A person particular person has died, in accordance to a area healthcare facility.

The reception at the Huge Moose Inn exceeded the state’s indoor collecting restrict, among the other violations of state guidelines. The outbreak impacted people today from 4 to 78 many years old, officers explained.

About 65 individuals — additional than the restrict of 50 — attended the reception. A representative for the Major Moose Inn has declined to remark.

A person person whose infection has been linked to the reception died Friday afternoon at Millinocket Regional Hospital, the hospital’s CEO announced Friday.

Because of the outbreak, the healthcare facility is closed to readers. The town corridor and educational institutions also were shut.

30-two new instances and one particular supplemental demise had been announced Saturday by the Maine Centre for Disorder Command and Prevention. The deceased was a guy in his 70s from Cumberland County.

The up-to-date figures carry the total variety of coronavirus circumstances to just about 4,320 and the variety of fatalities to 130, in accordance to the Maine CDC. The each day update does not include things like the dying described Friday in Millinocket.

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