PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 84 on Thursday, with no new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday.
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients in the state totaled 16, a decline of one day to day. Of those hospitalized, three were in intensive care units and two were on a ventilator.
The department said that there have been 45.4 new cases per 100,000 Rhode Island residents in the past seven days, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as “moderate transmission.”
There have been 652,487 individuals fully vaccinated in the state to date, as well as 1.31 million total COVID-19 doses administered.
Confirmed cases in the state have totaled 153,447 to date, an increase of 92 from figures reported Thursday, accounting for the day-to-day increase, as well as data revisions for previous days.
Deaths due to the virus have totaled 2,739 in the state to date.
There were 6,010 tests processed on Thursday, with an overall positive rate of 1.4%. When excluding both repeat positive and repeat negative test results, the positive rate was 7.7%.
There have been 4.58 million total tests administered in the state to date to 973,257 individuals.