R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 425, Newport County elevated to ‘high’ risk

PBN Staff

05/27/2022

COVID0527 — CONFIRMED CASES of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 425, with eight deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

PROVIDENCE – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday raised the COVID-19 threat level in Newport County to “high” while lowering the threat in the other four Rhode Island counties to “medium.” Bristol, Kent, Providence and Washington counties were lowered to “medium” risk of COVID-19 after being at "high" risk last week.…