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R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 1,378 last week, with 12 new...

Coronavirus 02/02/2023

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,378 from Jan. 22 to Jan. 28, with 12 new deaths, the R.I. Department...

CDC: COVID-19 threat remains at ‘medium’ across R.I.

Coronavirus 01/27/2023

PROVIDENCE – All five Rhode Island counties remain at medium risk for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. Providence and Kent...

CONFIRMED CASES of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,471 from Jan. 15 to Jan. 21, with nine new deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increased by 1,471 last week, with 9 new...

Coronavirus 01/26/2023

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,471 from Jan. 15 to Jan. 21, with nine new deaths, the R.I....

CDC: All 5 R.I. counties at medium risk for COVID-19

Coronavirus 01/20/2023

PROVIDENCE – All five Rhode Island counties are now at medium risk for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. Providence County...

CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,792 from Jan. 8 through Jan. 14, with 14 new deaths. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 1,792, with 14 new deaths

Coronavirus 01/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,792 from Jan. 8 to Jan. 14, with 14 new deaths, the R.I....

ONLY ONE OF FIVE Rhode Island counties, Providence County, is now at high risk for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CDC: Only 1 R.I. county high risk for COVID-19

Coronavirus 01/13/2023

PROVIDENCE – Only one of five Rhode Island counties, Providence County, is now at high risk for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and...

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 2,140, with 7 new deaths

Coronavirus 01/12/2023

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 2,140 from Jan. 1 to Jan. 7, with seven new deaths, the R.I....

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, citing 'high' COVID-19 risk within Providence County, is requiring masks to be worn in most indoor settings on campus, including classrooms. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Citing ‘high’ COVID-19 risk level, RIC requiring masks in most indoor...

Coronavirus 01/11/2023

PROVIDENCE – One local college is bringing back masking for most on-campus settings, while a pair of colleges are recommending people to wear them....

KEVIN MANCIERI, 49, of East Providence has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for submitting fraudulent loan applications seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 business relief loans. / COURTESY U.S. DISTRICT COURT

East Providence man sentenced for submitting fraudulent COVID-19 business relief applications

Coronavirus 01/11/2023

PROVIDENCE – An East Providence man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for submitting fraudulent loan applications seeking hundreds of thousands...