Is Rhode Island Still Surging? - 5 Major Coronavirus Developments
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
The surge Rhode Island is seeing in transmission rate may be slowing. The data provided by the Rhode Island Department of Health shows that the transmission rate is slowing its rate of increase.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
"The rate of rise of the number of new cases, the rate of rise of hospitalizations is not as steep as it was. It's like the curve is flattening a little bit. It's not flat by any means," said Dr. Michael Fine, former RI Director of Health.
"I'm hoping that everybody's being a little more cautious, everybody's now remembering to mask, I hope and I'm hoping that that's having some effect," said Fine.
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"But remember we're still at high transmission [rate]. You know, close to 200 new cases per 100 000 per week -- way above the 35 or 20 new cases a week [we had been seeing]," added Fine.
Fine's big worry is the impact when schools begin. "I'm really worried about what happens when we bring this level of transmission with this delta variant into schools when schools start in two or three weeks. That to me is you know is the great unknown," he added.
He urges that everything needs to be done to drive cases down in the next week weeks before schools begin. Children under 12 are not eligible for vaccination and RI does not require teachers and staff to be vaccinated.
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