PROVIDENCE, R.I. – For a few days in December, Rhode Island was one of the worst places on the planet when it came to new cases of COVID-19 per capita.Hospitals hit capacity as the rate of new cases topped the nation, nearly double the rate in neighboring Connecticut.
The state's record for daily COVID-19 deaths, set in April, was broken. Faced with a worsening crisis, Gov. Gina Raimondo reluctantly re-imposed tougher restrictions on businesses.[TRENDING: Seniors sleep in cars waiting for vaccine | How to get vaccine in Fla. | ‘Amen and awoman:’ Backlash over prayer]“I am surprised that we have done so poorly," Dr.
Keith Corl, an emergency physician and faculty member at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School, said last week. “We.
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