RI Coronavirus Fatalities Near 1,500 as 14 More Reported

RI Coronavirus Fatalities Near 1,500 as 14 More Reported

The Rhode Island Department of Health announced 14 new COVID-19 related fatalities in the past day, bringing the state’s total to 1,498 since the start of the pandemic.

Currently, there are 466 people hospitalized, with 48 in the ICU and 25 on ventilators.

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Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and officials will be LIVE at 1 PM on Thursday for their weekly press conference. 

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WATCH LIVE: Former RI Director of Health Dr. Michael Fine at 2 PM on GoLocal LIVE on Facebook 

As GoLocal reported on Wednesday: 

The amount of infection on Rhode Island is, literally, the highest in the world, and yet the numbers are likely to get worse over the next few weeks.

Top U.S. scientist Eric Topol found that Rhode Island leads all other U.S. states and all other countries in the world for coronavirus cases per capita.

Topol, Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Scripps Research Institute tweeted, "For the third day, Rhode Island continues to have the highest number of new COVID-19 infections per capita at 122.6 new cases per 100,000 population per day (compared to 116.4 in the Republic of Georgia, and 104.4 in Serbia). This increased from 110 in just one day. Rhode Island is now averaging 1,299 new cases each day." 

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