Newport County reported 224 additional COVID-19 cases this week – newportri.com

Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK| Newport Daily News

Rhode Island reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 2,614 new cases. That's down 20.7% from the previous week's tally of 3,298 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Rhode Island ranked 16th 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 0.9% from the week before, with 753,773 cases reported. With 0.32% of the country's population, Rhode Island had 0.35% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 31 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Newport County reported 224 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 290 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 22,571 cases and 93 deaths.

Across Rhode Island, cases fell in four counties, with the best declines in Providence County, with 1,661 cases from 2,231 a week earlier; in Kent County, with 498 cases from 625; and in Newport County, with 224 cases from 290.

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Within Rhode Island, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Washington County with 607 cases per 100,000 per week; Kent County with 303; and Newport County with 273. 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 1,661 cases; Washington County, with 762 cases; and Kent County, with 498.

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

A total of 397,187 people in Rhode Island have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 3,590 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 85,515,795 people have tested positive and 1,011,275 people have died.

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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, June 12.

Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

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Hospitals in 30 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 31 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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