As of Friday, there was an average of 0.58 new cases per 10,000 individuals over the past week across the state. In Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, the seven-day average per 10,000 individuals was 0.25, 0.38 and 0.5, respectively. Except for Androscoggin County, those numbers were greater than where they stood last Friday. “On top of all this, in rare situations, even people who are fully vaccinated can transmit COVID-19 to other people,” Shah said. The shift in recommendation caused confusion and frustration. Not only do the county-level transmission designations change daily, but some have expressed that unvaccinated people got Maine in this situation, while others have cast doubt on the vaccines’ efficacy.