Thursday, May 07, 2020

View Larger +

Raimondo made the announcement Thursday.

While Raimondo is lifting restrictions on the economy, a new study released Thursday says that Rhode Island is not one of 9 states ready to reopen.

Were not going to be able to enforce everyones human behavior in the weeks and months to come. Were going to lift the stay at home order on Saturday Im letting the [current] Executive Order expire and not extending it, said Raimondo. Weve met all of the triggers.

Rhode Island Criteria

There had to be a 14-day downward trend in cases or a 14-day stabilization of hospitalizations what weve been looking at is a three-day moving average now versus a three day moving average 14 days ago, said Raimondo.

Weve hit the mark for hospitalizations, it shows a 15% decreases for new cases, its a 25% drop in the new case tend over the last 14 days. Were meeting both metrics, said Raimondo.

The study released Thursday by Harvard shows that Rhode Island is not currently meeting what they say is the testing threshold to reopen.

Were continuing to add news tests and mobile testing, said Raimondo during the press conference. Dr. Birx reviewed where we are she was very complimentary as to where Rhode Island is in respect to where it iscases, and testing protocol and pledge to support us expand our testing."

See the original post here:
VIDEO: Raimondo Confirms Stay at Home Order in RI Will Be Lifted on Saturday - GoLocalProv