Lesser Percentage Of RI's Population Has Been Tested For Coronavirus

(Providence, RI)--Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has touted a coronavirus-testing participation rate of about 20 percent for weeks, but newly-released data indicates the percentage is smaller in reality.The state Health Department now calculates about 16 percent of the state's population has gotten tested by distinguishing between newly-tested people and repeat testers.Raimondo said the percentage was 25 percent in an interview just published by Politico; a spokesperson for the governor says the number of testers is "equivalent" to the higher population percentage.Regardless, the Ocean State is still number one in the country as far as the number of tests taken.


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