MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – A look at developments related to the new coronavirus around New England:

MASSACHUSETTS

The number of cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts jumped by more than 1,000 to a total of 4,257, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said Saturday. The state also had nine more deaths from Friday for a total of 44.

“The numbers exploded over the course of the last four, five days,” Gov. Charlie Baker said Saturday, according to boston.cbslocal.com.

President Donald Trump on Friday approved a disaster declaration for the state ordering federal assistance to help with recovery in areas impacted by COVID-19.

The declaration makes federal funding available for crisis counseling for people and for commonwealth, tribal, and eligible local governments and some private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, the White House said.

RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo ordered all visitors to the state to self quarantine for 14 days and ordered residents to stay at home and nonessential retail businesses to close on Monday until April 13.

The state National Guard was also going door to door in coastal communities telling people from New York to self-quarantine for 14 days. The measure is needed to help control the spread of the new coronavirus because the New York City area is the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday.

The state reported its first two deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, with one person in their 80s dying Friday night, and the other person in their 70s dying Saturday, the state Department of Health said.

State Police on Friday set up a checkpoint where drivers with New York license plates must stop and provide contact information. They were also told to self-quarantine.

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut political leaders expressed mixed views Saturday after President Donald Trump said he was considering a coronavirus quarantine affecting residents of their state, as well as New York and New Jersey. One questioned what such a quarantine would mean and how it would work. But another said he was open to any ideas on curbing the virus’ spread.

The Connecticut National Guard has deployed two climate-controlled tents at the VA Medical Center in Newington to deal with possible patient overflow.

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