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Rhode Island Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket To New High
The state reported nearly 1,300 new cases of COVID-19, while hospitalizations hit a six-month high.
Rhode Island reported 1,280 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, by far a new high for the state as it struggles to contain a pandemic running wild.
Wednesday's report from the Department of Health said there are 282 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, the most since the middle of May. Twenty-two of those people are in intensive care and 13 are on a ventilator.
The positive test rate among first-time test takers is up around 25 percent. The low in the summer was around 2 percent.
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There have now been 45,911 reported cases and 1,284 deaths across the state since the pandemic began.
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