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ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 125,622 confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after adding 399 new cases. The overall daily test-positive rate was 2.1 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 18.8 percent. The state announced six more deaths, bringing the total to 2,502. There were 168 people in the hospital, and 75,007 residents had been fully vaccinated.
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It has now been one year since we learned about the first positive COVID-19 test in Rhode Island, and life as we know it began to change.
As we think about the residents who have lost their lives over the last year, I asked Rhode Map readers to send in their memories of when they realized how serious the pandemic would be.