Coronavirus: Barrington Arts Festival Canceled

MIDDLETOWN, RI — For the second time in two days a major spring or summer event in Middletown has been postponed or canceled due to the new coronavirus health emergency. The Middletown Arts Festival scheduled for May 31 is canceled.

The event was scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Middletown Historic Town Hall on County Road.

CVS Health Charity Classic organizers announced on Tuesday that the Pepsi Pro-Am and Charity Classic at Rhode Island County Club in Barrington, as well as the Crave RI food festival in Providence, are both postponed. The event was scheduled to take place June 18-22. No potential make-up date has been indicated for that event.

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As Rhode Island continues to battle the coronavirus crisis and looks forward to the re-opening of the state's economy, the system for quarantining and isolation confirmed cases of the virus is improving, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday. There are 87 new cases in the state and seven additional deaths.

The new cases and deaths bring the totals to 3,529 and 87, respectively. At this time, 229 people are in the hospital, and, of those, 54 are in an intensive care unit, and 44 need a ventilator to breathe. To date, 168 people have been discharged from the hospital. Six of the seven reported deaths were nursing homes residents.

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