Once again, a new strain of COVID has hit the country, and that includes Rhode Island. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Lessons learned for future epidemics. Five years since COVID-19 first swept across Rhode Island – killing more than 4,450 people since 2020 – Chan reckons the Ocean State is in a much better ...

A FedEx driver delivers a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ...

RHODE ISLAND — A later-than-normal winter surge in COVID-19 cases is catching some Rhode Island residents by surprise as infections nationwide reached the highest levels in three years just as ...

How trends have changed in Rhode Island. The number of Covid patients in hospitals is an indicator of Covid’s ongoing impact on hospitals and I.C.U.s. Test positivity rates are reported less ...

We're at a very fragile place," Gov. Raimondo said about Rhode Island's fight against the coronavirus. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 EyeOpener. Watch on Demand ...

Rhode Island, as of Tuesday, had recorded 26,960 confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,139 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest NBC News figures.

The policy at most hospitals in Rhode Island now is to have health care workers wear N95 respirators or similar reusable masks at all times, and to test anyone suspected of having Covid-19.

Rhode Island is opening two field hospitals and public health officials are pleading with residents to stay home as a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases pushed hospitalizations to near-record levels.

There are at least 2,000 Rhode Islanders who have died since the COVID-19 pandemic began not quite a year ago. ... There's a name behind each of Rhode Island's 2,000 COVID deaths.

By May 2020, there were more than 10,000 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Rhode Island, with 370 deaths. Vaccines were ultimately rolled out by the end of the year, and schools, ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health defended its decision to issue guidance that allows COVID positive employees to return to work if facilities are in crisis mode. Above, U.S. Army Critical ...