(1/5) Here& #39;s the sequence of events so far: On August 7, a wedding was held in Millinocket. Approximately 65 people attended. It was indoors. There wasn& #39;t much mask compliance. It has now become a COVID-19 super-spreading event, the biggest so far in Maine.
(2/5) One adult wedding guest saw a parent some time after the event. That parent then saw another child, an adult who works at the Maplecrest Rehabilitation Center in Madison. @MEPublicHealth believes that& #39;s how the Millinocket wedding outbreak spread to the nursing home.
(3/5) As of Tuesday, six residents of of Maplecrest have died and that number could go up. In all, there have been 39 cases between residents and staff at the nursing home.
(4/5) The Aug. 7 wedding also has been linked to an outbreak of more than 70 cases at the York County Jail. A staff member at the jail was confirmed to have attended the wedding. York County is now the biggest COVID-19 hot-spot in Maine and has public health officials worried.
(5/5) Another outbreak in York County is at the Calvary Baptist Church, whose pastor, Todd Bell, officiated the Millinocket wedding and has openly defied the state& #39;s guidelines on masks and physical distancing.