April 24: COVID-19 Updates & Other Things You Need to Know
Here is a collection of the things you need to know today.....
NEWS:
Gov Mills is not sure yet if she will be extending our stay at home order due to expire on the 30th and is working on how to start to reopen the state according to WABI.
In just over a month over 100,000 unemployment claims have been filed in Maine according to centralmaine.com. National, about 26M have filed for unemployment.
Harold Alfond Foundations is donating $1M to the Good Shepard Food Bank to help Mainers get through this time according to centralmaine.com.
A man and a woman were arrested after a shooting in Jay according to WABI.
A Bangor man was trying to hide from Augusta Police when he locked himself in a stranger's apartment according to centramaine.com.
A water main break in Waterville yesterday caused some problems according to WABI
Civic Center Drive in Augusta is getting a sidewalk in the area of the Marketplace according to centralmaine.com.
The Farmers’ Market in Waterville will open for the season, with safety precautions, on Thursday, April 30th at Head of Falls according to centralmaine.com.
COVID-19: COVID-19 world map from John Hopkins University
County by county coronavirus count from centralmaine.com.
COVID-19 updates from Newscenter.
485 of the 937 cases of COVID-19 have recovered and we have seen 44 deaths according to WGME. That for 408 active cases. It is just shy a month, March 27th, when the first death was reported in Maine.
Gov Mills is not sure yet if she will be extending our stay at home order due to expire on the 30th and is working on how to start to reopen the state according to WABI.
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