Updated COVID numbers include over 21-hundred new cases in Rhode Island between New Year's Day and January 7th. The state Department of Health reports seven additional deaths. New hospitalizations for COVID patients totaled 154.
According to a statement from the department three Rhode Island counties are designated as "medium" – Bristol County, Washington County, and Newport County. Two Rhode Island counties are designated as "high" - Providence County and Kent County.
The relatively small increase in COVID-19 activity that Rhode Island is currently seeing is not expected to last long according to health officials.
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