Updated 52 mins ago Lewiston-Auburn leads the entire country in daily average of new COVID-19 cases The Lewiston-Auburn metropolitan ranks third in the country for the highest daily average of new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks, according to data published by The New York Times. Share Rodney Guptill gets his first dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday from paramedic Dan Brown at the Turner Fire Department clinic. Guptill is the former chief of the Turner Fire Department and had to postpone his first dose so he could undergo surgery. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal LEWISTON – Only two other metropolitan areas in the entire country have a higher daily average of new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks than Lewiston-Auburn.