Rhode Island Coronavirus Cases Rise To 9,289; 17 New Deaths

PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island reported 327 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, plus 17 new deaths. The state's coronavirus total reached 9,289 with 296 total deaths over the course of the pandemic.

There are now 316 people being treated for COVID-19 at hospitals across the state. Eighty of those people are intensive care, and 54 are on ventilators. Just under 70,000 state residents have been tested so far.

Gov. Gina Raimondo has said the state's economy can begin to reopen after 14 days of declining or plateaued cases, as well as steady hospitalization rates. Rhode Island's stay-at-home order is set to end on May 8.

The number of new cases reported Saturday was slightly lower than on Friday when Rhode Island added 341 cases.

Here are Rhode Island's town-by-town numbers as of May 2:

• Providence 2,958
• Pawtucket 903
• Cranston 537
• North Providence 484
• Central Falls 469
• East Providence 374
• Warwick 364
• Woonsocket 316
• Cumberland 197
• Smithfield 169
• Johnston 156
• West Warwick 142
• North Kingstown 141
• Coventry 107
• Lincoln 93
• Bristol 74
• Burrillville 73
• South Kingstown 69
• Tiverton 48
• Westerly 47
• East Greenwich 47
• North Smithfield 40
• Warren 38
• Newport 38
• Barrington 32
• Narragansett 31
• Middletown 28
• Portsmouth 24
• Scituate 24
• Exeter 22
• Glocester 19
• Richmond 16
• West Greenwich 15
• Charlestown 14
• Little Compton 10
• Hopkinton 10
• Foster 10
• Jamestown 8
• New Shoreham zero

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