[Summit] Saturday's Pandemic Statistics from Rhode Island and Massachusetts [Covid News no. 262]

[David Kolsky]

| Cumulative 
 (incl.  May 23) |  | Reported
May 23 |   |  |
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| 13,952 |  | 203 |  | Positive labs received by RIDOH (count by person based on date of first positive test result) |
| 116,180 |  | 2,777 |  | Negative labs received by RIDOH (count by lab result) |
| 130,132 |  | 2,980 |  | Total number of positive labs (by person) and negative labs (by lab result) |
| 11% |  | 7% |  | Positive labs (by person) as a percentage of total labs [not strictly comparable] |
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| 1,557 |  | 19 |  | COVID-19 cases admitted to a hospital in Rhode Island |
| 1,106 |  | 22 |  | COVID-19 cases discharged from a hospital in Rhode Island |
| 218 |  | 7 |  | COVID-19 cases who died in hospital in Rhode Island |
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|  |  | 233 |  | COVID-19 cases who are currently hospitalized in Rhode Island |
|  |  | 51 |  | COVID-19 cases who are currently in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Rhode Island |
|  |  | 34 |  | COVID-19 cases who are currently in an intensive care unit (ICU) and on a ventilator in Rhode Island |
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| 597 |  | 18 |  | Confirmed Rhode Island COVID-19 associated fatalities
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Source:COVID-19 Rhode Island Data

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On Saturday, 76 new deaths due to the coronavirus were reported by the state, bringing Massachusetts' death toll to 6,304, while the number of cases of COVID-19 also grew to 91,662 since the outbreak began, an increase of 773 newly reported cases since Friday.

As the total number of deaths in Massachusetts from COVID-19 continued to rise, State Police reported fewer people than normal at area beaches, a day after Governor Charlie Baker urged people to remain vigilant against the virus and not erase the progress from two months of lockdown measures.
Read the full story on BostonGlobe.com.



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Another 76 people die from COVID-19 in Mass. - The Boston Globe

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