RI’s Highest Infection Rate: CF No Longer Most Infected — 23 Communities With 5x State’s Safe Level
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RI’s Highest Infection Rate: CF No Longer Most Infected — 23 Communities With 5x State’s Safe Level
But as the virus sweeps across the state, the usual suspects -- Central Falls, Pawtucket and Providence -- are no longer the most infected.
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SEE BELOW THE CITIES AND TOWNS WITH MORE THAN 5 TIMES THE STATE'S SAFE LEVEL
And, cases in Central Falls continue to spike.
More than half of Rhode Island’s cities and towns are now five times the state’s “safe” level of 100 cases per week per 100,000 residents.
Johnston and Central Falls are 10 times the safe level.
The exploding cases are not limited to Rhode Island’s urban corridor.
Burrillville has moved into third place — ahead of Providence and Pawtucket — with 985 cases in a week per 100,000 and the cases more than doubled in just two weeks.
SEE BELOW THE CITIES AND TOWNS WITH MORE THAN 5 TIMES THE STATE'S SAFE LEVEL
23 Communities with 5x States’ Safe Level of Coronavirus
Barrington - 5 Times State Safe Level
519 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 303 Cases
Burrillville - 9 Times State Safe Level
983 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 359 Cases
Central Falls - 10 Times State Safe Level
1,099 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 1,089 Cases
Coventry - 8 Times State Safe Level
830 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 590 Cases
Cranston - 8 Times State Safe Level
870 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 759 Cases
Cumberland - 7 Times State Safe Level
733 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 418 Cases
East Greenwich - 6 Times State Safe Level
696 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 589 Cases
East Providence - 7 Times State Safe Level
740 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 502 Cases
Exeter - 6 Times State Safe Level
605 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 354 Cases
Foster - 6 Times State Safe Level
640 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 384 Cases
Hopkinton - 5 Times State Safe Level
592 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 370 Cases
Johnston - 12 Times State Safe Level*
1,238 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 776 Cases
*Highest in Rhode Island
Lincoln - 7 Times State Safe Level
785 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 494 Cases
North Providence - 8 Times State Safe Level
869 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 687 Cases
North Smithfield - 7 Times State Safe Level
721 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 300 Cases*
*More than doubled over 2 week period
Pawtucket - 8 Times State Safe Level
896 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 702 Cases
Providence - 9 Times State Safe Level
954 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 814 Cases
Scituate - 6 Times State Safe Level
698 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 396 Cases
Smithfield - 7 Times State Safe Level
781 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 610 Cases
Warwick - 6 Times State Safe Level
672 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 596 Cases
West Greenwich - 5 Times State Safe Level
518 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 324 Cases
West Warwick - 7 Times State Safe Level
736 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 670 Cases
Woonsocket - 6 Times State Safe Level
619 Cases Per 100,000 Residents
Two weeks earlier 313 Cases*
*Doubled in 2 weeks
