What is COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island?
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] began affecting the [[U.S. state]] of [[Rhode Island]] on March 1, 2020. As of December 17, 2021, there were 2,992 deaths from the [[coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19 respiratory virus]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Coronavirus Tracker|journal=Real Clear Politics|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/coronavirus/country/united-states|access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> The cause of COVID-19 came through the [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]] (the SARS-CoV-2 gene). COVID-19 first hit Rhode Island around [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]]. As of December 17, 2021 about 910,576 Rhode Islanders (close to 86.18% of the state's [[population]]) have gotten at least a single dose. Another 76.63% of these people (809,672 Rhode Island overall) were given two shots though no booster (the third [[COVID-19 vaccine]]).<ref>{{cite journal|title=More than 8.69 Billion Shots|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution|access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> Finally, 275,087 (right over 26.03% of the state's people) have gotten the booster shot ''and'' the first two vaccinations.<ref>{{cite document|title=The COVID-19 Tracker|date=28 March 2020|publisher=Centers for Disease Control|url=https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-people-additional-dose-count-totalpop|access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> As of December 17, almost 21,000 (21,978) [[breakthrough infection]]s of the COVID-19 have happened across Rhode Island (10.92% for all vaccinated Rhode Islanders). Of that, just over 120 vaccinated people in the state have died from the breakthrough infections, or 0.02%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhode Island's COVID-19 Breakthrough Data|work=Rhode Island Health Department|url=https://ri-department-of-health-covid-19-breakthrough-cases-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com|access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:21st century in Rhode Island]] [[Category:COVID-19 pand