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EXPLAINER: Why the smallest state has a big virus challenge

by David Klepper
| January 5, 2021 6:36 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — For a few days in December, Rhode Island was one of the worst places on the planet when it came to new cases of COVID-19 per capita.

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