On Wednesday, there were 20 more deaths this on top of 111 in the previous 7 days.
Rhode Island is now on pace to exceed 400 deaths for December and as hospitalizations remain at record level, January deaths are likely to be higher. About 1% of cases end in death in Rhode Island.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
Covid ACTNow now ranks Rhode Island second in the United States. On Wednesday, Tennessee surpassed RI as the highest infection rate number of cases per capita.
Also, RI’s hospitalizations also jumped now 469 are hospitalized.
And, Rhode Island reported an additional 972 cases.