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Are vaccinations on track in Rhode Island?

This Just In: Are vaccinations on track in Rhode Island? Michael McDermott, The Providence Journal © AP/Journal, file This Just In . Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. I m Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal, and I m looking forward to visiting the drive-through Holiday Lights Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo for the first time tonight. If that s something you haven t done yet, you still have until Jan. 10.  Is Rhode Island seeing the start of a post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases? The Department of Health today reported 18 coronavirus-related deaths and 1,187 additional cases, with a single-day positivity rate over 9%. Monday was the first time in nine days that more than 1,000 people tested positive for the first time, and the day s positivity rate was the highest in three weeks. 

Wishes for Christmas Eve, and cute alpaca pictures

Wishes for Christmas Eve, and cute alpaca pictures Michael McDermott, The Providence Journal © Dare Matheson none Happy Christmas Eve, and welcome to This Just In. I m Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal. Normally at this time on Dec. 24 I d be getting ready to host a big family party, and I m sad about all the people I won t be seeing. But I m going to make the  most out of this Christmas with my beautiful wife and children. Unless the power goes out, in which case I ll really lose my mind.  My Christmas wish is that the vaccines that are already being deployed, and those that are still working their way toward approval, will allow us to spend time doing what we enjoy doing, with the people we love  even the ones we just like. That s why I enjoyed this Christmas Eve poem from EMT

This Just In: Moments of 2020 we ll never forget

The state today reported 26 coronavirus deaths and 879 new cases. Hospitalizations remained essentially flat, and less than 5% of the newly reported tests were positive. The seven-day average of new cases is down 37% from its peak, which was two weeks ago.  Rhode Island has agreed to spend $10 million from its CARES Act allotment to help providers for the intellectually and developmentally disabled community, many of which are in severe financial distress.  Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor says the state is on track to spend $125 million from the CARES Act to help businesses by the end of the year. He also  responded to critics who say Rhode Island hasn t done enough. 

Virus claims 5 more locally, all Spotsylvania residents

The toll from COVID-19 continued to climb in the Rappahannock Area Health District over the weekend as the deaths of five more residents—all from Spotsylvania County—were reported. Sunday marked the sixth day in a row that a local death was listed on the Virginia Department of Health website. Two fatalities were added on Saturday and three more on Sunday for a total of 114 local deaths, certified by state officials as being caused by the virus, since the pandemic began. Three of those whose deaths were recently reported were men and two were women. All were white, except for one man whose race was listed as unknown, and their ages ranged from the 60s to the 90s.

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