RI Hospitalizations Jump 17% - Coronavirus Numbers Going in Wrong Direction
Friday, September 25, 2020
The number of Rhode Islanders who are hospitalized and suffering from the coronavirus has jumped 17% - from 80 to 94, a 17% increase in less than two weeks.
This is just one of a number of concerning numbers tied to infections of the coronavirus in Rhode Island.
This week, Governor Gina Raimondo has been blaming an out breakout at Providence College for travel bans being levied against traveling to and from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. While the number of cases at colleges is growing those numbers have little to do with the hospitalization numbers.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTDr. Michael Fine, former Rhode Island Director of Health (RIDOH), said that the increase in the number of hospitalizations is concerning. The number of hospitalizations had been steady in the 70s and low 80s for weeks.
Numbers Going in the Wrong Direction
Providence College continues to see an increase in cases. According to PC officials, there were 36 new cases in the past two reported days — Tuesday and Wednesday.
Now, PC has reported 205 cases.
The other colleges total more than 150 positive cases of the virus led by the University of Rhode Island with 55 cases, according to data from RIDOH.
This week has been another deadly one as RIDOH reported 4 additional deaths on Thursday for a total of 1,106 as well as 139 new cases for 24,311 in total.
Rhode Island continues to suffer the 6th highest death rate per capita of any state in the U.S.
New cases per 100,000 people are up week over week 35% — jumping to 73 cases per 100,000 from 54 per 100,000.
Rhode Island reported testing nearly 10,000 individuals on Wednesday — the state conducted 9,727 tests.
Vaccine and Masks
On Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that even an effective coronavirus vaccine, that mask-wearing and other best practices will need to continue.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the vaccine will not be 100% effective and taken by 100% of the population.
Fauci said he's being "practical" when he says, "I think if we can get 75 to 80% of the population vaccinated, I think that would be a really good accomplishment."
"It is not going to eliminate the need to be prudent and careful with our public health measures," he said in a Facebook Live conversation with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
There is a growing concern that many Americans will not take the vaccine.
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