The state Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported no new COVID-19 deaths Friday, with a drop in hospitalizations and 300 new cases. 

There are now 107 people hospitalized with coronavirus in Maine, down by about 10 from earlier in the week and the lowest since late last August. Twenty-two people are in critical care and seven are on ventilators. 

The new cases bring the state’s total to date to 233,537. The death toll stands at 2,179. 

The state processed 2,537 new coronavirus test results from labs around Maine on Thursday, with a positivity rate of 3.9%. 

The average positivity rate for the past two weeks, as of Thursday, is 3.6%, down from 4.3% for the past month. The statewide case rate dropped sharply in the past two weeks as compared to the past month, down to about 30 per 10,000 people from more than 200 per 10,000 people. 

Maine’s vaccination rate stands at about 77%, with 2.54 million doses administered, including about 588,000 booster shots. Drug-makers like Pfizer and Moderna have begun asking the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for some adults.