Rhode Island sends alert: Hospitals reach COVID-19 capacity
Rhode Island’s hospitals reached their COVID-19 capacity on Monday, the same day the state’s two-week pause, meant to control the rise in new coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm the state’s health care system, took effect.

“Hospitals at capacity due to COVID," the state said in a statewide emergency alert. “Help the frontline by staying home as much as possible for the next two weeks."

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