(Providence, RI)--State health officials are reporting another 284 new cases of coronavirus as of Wednesday's update from Providence.So far, since the onset of the pandemic, there have been 29-thousand-123 cases confirmed by the Rhode Island Department of Health.Five new fatal cases were reported yesterday, as eleven-hundred-69 COVID-19-related deaths have been linked to the virus.As of Wednesday, the state's positivity rate is two-point-six-percent.