PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,326 on Thursday, with 13 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in Rhode Island totaled 408, a decrease of one day to day. Of those hospitalized, 45 were in an intensive care unit and 29 were on a ventilator.
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In addition, there are seven patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at the Cranston field hospital, which is managed by Care New England Health System. There are 15 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at the field hospital at the R.I. Convention Center, a Lifespan Corp. spokeswoman told Providence Business News Friday afternoon.
Cases in the state have totaled 62,137 to date, an increase of 1,415 cases from figures reported Thursday, accounting for the day-to-day increase, as well as data revisions for previous days.
Deaths in the state due to COVID-19 have totaled 1,413 to date.
There were 14,478 tests processed in Rhode Island on Thursday, with an overall positive rate of 9.2%. When excluding both repeat positive and repeat negative test results, the positive rate was 32.6%.
There have been 1.61 million tests administered in the state to date to 545,059 individuals.
(This story has been updated with the patient count at the R.I. Convention Center field hospital.)
Alexa Gagosz is a PBN staff writer. Contact her at Gagosz@PBN.com. You may also follow her on Twitter at @AlexaGagosz.
