Newport County reported 138 additional COVID-19 cases this week – newportri.com

Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK| Newport Daily News

Rhode Island reported 1,781 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, down 6.2% from the previous week. The previous week had 1,898 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Rhode Island ranked second among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 7.7% from the week before, with 298,674 cases reported. With 0.32% of the country's population, Rhode Island had 0.6% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 13 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Newport County reported 138 cases and no deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 118 cases and no deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 24,467 cases and 99 deaths.

Across Rhode Island, cases fell in four counties, with the best declines in Washington County, with 123 cases from 190 a week earlier; in Providence County, with 1,152 cases from 1,180; and in Kent County, with 268 cases from 285.

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Within Rhode Island, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Providence County with 180 cases per 100,000 per week; Newport County with 168; and Kent County with 163. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.

Adding the most new cases overall were Providence County, with 1,152 cases; Kent County, with 268 cases; and Newport County, with 138.

In Rhode Island, five people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, two people were reported dead.

A total of 427,242 people in Rhode Island have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 3,674 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 96,699,237 people have tested positive and 1,062,564 people have died.

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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Oct. 9. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:

Hospitals in 18 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 15 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 29 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

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