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April 7 COVID-19 Updates & Other Things You Need to Know
Here is a collection of the things you need to know today.....
University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new video series with easy recipes to help Maines with healthy, easy to make dishes to help us learn to be for comfortable with cooking according to US News.
Chris Cassidy from York is getting ready to head into space for the third time and is looking for well-wishes from fellow Mainers according to US News.
Many people have been laid off because of the coronavirus, but other businesses are hiring to support the needs we do have according to WABI.
COVID-19: COVID-19 world map from John Hopkins University
County by county coronavirus count from centralmaine.com.
COVID-19 updates from Newscenter.
Maine is starting today with 499 cases of the coronavirus, ten 10 deaths and 158 have recovered according to WGME.
Piscataquis County is now the only county in Maine without the virus according to US News.
The Maine CDC is working on an alternative care “modules” outside of hospitals to treat patients in the event of a surge of COVID-19 according to centralmaine.com.
A member of the Maine State Police has now tested positive for the coronavirus, he works in the southern part of the state according to centralmaine.com.
UK Prime Minister is in ICU with the coronavirus but yesterday China had no new deaths from the virus according to CNN.
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