PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials on Tuesday reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 72 new positive cases.

That brings the state’s virus death toll to 865. The state has has reported more than 16,000 positive cases. Nearly 130 people are hospitalized, according to data released by the state.

Rhode Island officials said Monday that state had reported its first child death from the coronavirus.

On Monday, State Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott also said her agency is working on possibly allowing drive-up visits at nursing homes, where the majority of the state’s fatal cases of COVID-19 have occurred.

She said visitors would have to stay in their car with masks on while the nursing home resident would be kept several feet away and also have to wear a mask.

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