BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 15, 2022
Several major Maine cities and towns saw COVID-19 concentrations in wastewater that were among the highest in the nation in the past week, with most counties seeing big increases. Significant jumps at several wastewater testing sites in the state in the past week put them among the worst when compared to U.S. sites using the same detection method right now. Since April 7, wastewater testing sites in Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Calais, Fort Kent, Houlton, Machias, Lewiston and Westbrook have reported wastewater with virus concentrations in the highest 10 percent nationally.Reported COVID-19 cases in Maine have also jumped 50 percent in the past week.