PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 327 on Tuesday, with eight more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Wednesday.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in the state totaled 193, a decline from 197 one day prior. Of those hospitalized, 30 were in an intensive care unit, a decline of six day to day, and 19 were on a ventilator, a decline of one from the day prior.
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There have been 122,440 cases identified in the state to date, an increase of 368 from figures reported Tuesday, accounting for both the day-to-day increase, as well as data revisions for previous days.
Deaths due to COVID-19 have totaled 2,352 to date.
There were 16,529 tests processed Tuesday, with an overall positive rate of 2%. When excluding both repeat positive and repeat negative test results, the positive rate was 17%.
The department said that there have been 113,298 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered to date, as well as 52,190 second doses.
There have been 2.81 million COVID-19 tests administered in Rhode Island to date to 775,240 individuals.
