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Cape Cod Distillery Producing Hand Sanitizer To Combat Coronavirus

Matthew McDonald

A distillery on Cape Cod is using a process it normally employs to create vodka to produce hand sanitizer.

Cape & Island Distillers, of Sandwich, is taking expiring beer that can't be sold to customers because bars are shut down and distilling it into 192-proof ethanol, according to CapeCod.com.

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Most Rhode Island Coronavirus Deaths Have Been Related To Nursing Homes

Matthew McDonald

In Rhode Island, one factor has been involved with most of the state's coronavirus deaths:  nursing homes.

There had been 55 confirmed coronavirus related deaths in the state as of Monday, April 13, according to WPRI-TV Channel 12 in Providence. Among those, 73 were related to nursing homes.

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