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Happy Friday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. I’m Dan McGowan and I’m taking the afternoon off to watch “Coming 2 America” on Amazon Prime. Follow me on Twitter
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ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 127,727 confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday, after adding 375 new cases. The overall daily test-positive rate was 1.9 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 19.6 percent. The state announced five more deaths, bringing the total to 2,539. There were 148 people in the hospital, and 82,642 residents had been fully vaccinated.