One RI Nursing Home Has 9th Most Cases in United States

Orchard View Nursing Home in East Providence recorded 140 coronavirus cases.

The 40 deaths at the facility are the 13th most in the United States at a nursing home facility. 

Source: NY Times

Parks Are Open

Beginning this weekend the following State Parks are open daily:

·         Beavertail State Park, Jamestown*

·         Black Regiment Monument, Portsmouth

·         Burlingame State Park, Charlestown*

·         Cocumcussoc Park, North Kingstown

·         Fort Adams State Park, Newport*

·         Fort Wetherill State Park, Jamestown*

·         Haines Memorial State Park, East Providence

·         John H. Chafee Nature Preserve, North Kingstown

·         J.L. Curran State Park, Cranston

·         Lehigh High Grove, Portsmouth

·         Lincoln Woods State Park, Lincoln*

·         Meshanticut State Park, Cranston

·         Pulaski State Park, Glocester*

·         Purgatory Chasm, Middletown

·         Snake Den State Park, Johnston

*Parking capacity has been reduced to limit the number of visitors at the park to limit crowding and support social distancing.

Large parks – Fort Adams and Lincoln Woods – will close at 6 PM.

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, visiting parks should be enjoyed as a solitary experience, with just the members of your immediate household, and not as a group activity. Keep recreation activities to walking, hiking, biking and others that can be done in small groups. Park visitors must follow social distancing practices and maintain a distance of at least six feet from others.  

If you arrive at a favorite park and find that crowds are forming or the parking lot is full, please leave and choose a different location or return at another time or day. If parking lots are full, please do not park along roadsides or other undesignated areas.

America's Top Doctors Are Quarantined

Three of America's top doctors in the fight against the coronavirus and now in quarantine for the next 14 days.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the CDC; and Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of the FDA are all in quarantine after being exposed to White House staff who have tested positive.

Retailer Bankruptcies Are Mounting

First, J. Crew announced bankruptcy. 

Then, Neiman Marcus announced bankruptcy.

Now, JC Penney is expected to announce this coming week.

Tesla Sues California to Reopen Its Manufacturing Plant

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Tesla Inc. has asked a federal judge to allow the electric-car maker to reopen its lone U.S. assembly factory, calling a local government’s insistence that it remain closed to fight the spread of Covid-19 a power grab that defies the U.S. Constitution.

The lawsuit, filed Saturday, followed a new string of messages on Twitter by a frustrated Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, saying he is ready to abandon California as the company’s home after Alameda County officials said Tesla can’t resume production even as the state begins to start reopening.

The Tesla CEO, through Twitter, on Saturday morning said: “Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant “Interim Health Officer” of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense!”

Numbers

10,989 Cases in Rhode Island

76,743 Cases in Massachusetts

418 Deaths in RI

4,840 Deaths in Massachusetts

1,347,318 Cases in the United States

80,040 Deaths in the United States

4,118,655 Global Cases

280,724 Global Deaths

1,447,602 Global Recoveries

South Korea Warns of Second Wave

The BBC reports, "In South Korea, renewed restrictions are imposed after a series of transmissions linked to Seoul's leisure district.

'It’s not over until it’s over,' South Korea's President Moon says as he warns of second wave later this year."

South Korea has had 10,874 cases and 256 deaths - fewer than Rhode Island.