PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 581, with one death, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients total 93, an increase from 78 patients reported Monday. The number of those who are in intensive care or on a ventilator was not available.
There have been 437.2 new cases per 100,000 persons in Rhode Island in the previous seven days.
By comparison, there were 67 new cases identified on May 9, 2021. The transmission rate on May 9, 2021, was 112.2 cases per 100,000 persons. There were 113 COVID-19 patients hospitalized as of May 9, 2021, of which 22 were in the ICU and 14 were on a ventilator.
There have been 830,671 individuals fully vaccinated in the state and 2.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.
Confirmed cases in the state total 378,424, an increase of 848 from figures reported Monday, accounting for the day-to-day increases and data revisions for previous days.
There have been 3,547 deaths due to the virus in Rhode Island.
There were 6,064 tests processed on Monday and 7.9 million total tests have been administered in the state.
The department also released its two weekly COVID-19 metrics Tuesday:
- New hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients in the state totaled 101 last week, an increase from 93 one week prior.
- New cases per 100,000 persons totaled 441 last week, up from 338 one week prior.
