Tag: Coronavirus
Report: Essential workers continue to struggle to make ends meet
PROVIDENCE – Many of Rhode Island's families were already living from one paycheck to the next prior to the pandemic taking over the economy...
RIDOH: Nursing home staff should be vaccinated in phases
PROVIDENCE – In the coming days, staff from Woonsocket-based CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens will soon be traveling to Rhode Island's long-term care facilities...
State-run COVID-19 testing sites closed ahead of storm
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island has closed all state-run coronavirus testing sites as the region braces for a major winter storm.
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s...
COVID-19 cases rise by 953 with 20 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 953 on Tuesday, with 20 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...
Providence school district to go remote learning for 3 days before...
PROVIDENCE – The public schools district for the city on Tuesday announced that it will move all instruction online from Dec. 21 through Dec....
COVID-19 cases rise by 1,084, with 15 more deaths
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,084 on Monday, with 15 more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday.
Hospitalizations...
R.I. cases of COVID-19 rise by 2,673 over the weekend, with...
PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 2,673 from Dec. 11 through Sunday, with 46 more deaths, the R.I. Department of...
R.I. approves vaccine, first doses distributed to hospitals
PROVIDENCE – A portion of Rhode Island's frontline health care workers were set to receive the first federally approved COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
The Rhode Island...
R.I. reports 1,216 more people infected with COVID-19 virus
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island infections with the virus that causes COVID-19 increased by 1,216 on Thursday, the R.I. Department of Health reported Friday, for...
KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE: WaterFire, other arts groups key to R.I....
WaterFire Providence entered 2020 with big plans.
The nonprofit arts organization was preparing to mark the 25th anniversary since the first fires were lit on...
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