PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It's OK to feel stressed and there are resources for kids having a hard time dealing with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gina Raimondo told Rhode Island's schoolchildren on Thursday.

For the second time since the state's stay-at-home order was issued, the Democratic governor and her husband, Andrew Moffit, spend her daily news briefing answering questions sent in from children.

A common theme emerged: children miss their friends, miss school, miss sports and crave normalcy.

“We're going to try every day to make things better for you," said the governor, who has two teenagers.

In response to a high school senior from Pawtucket worried about missing out on graduation, Raimondo said the state will find ways to celebrate the achievements of high school seniors.

Another high school senior from Newport wanted to know if the state's colleges would open in the fall.

Raimondo said she has asked the presidents of all 30 colleges in the state to submit to the state their plans for safely reopening in September.

A fourth-grader wanted to know if she would be able to go to camp in the summer. Raimondo anticipated camps opening, but with restrictions on large groups, frequent hand washing, masks and maybe temperature monitoring.

Raimondo urged children to stay active, keep in touch with friends, and “do one thing every day to cheer somebody up."

15 new deaths in state

The state Department of Health reported more than 370 new positive cases and an additional 15 coronavirus-related fatalities on Thursday. The state has now had more than 8,600 cases and 266 deaths.

The state also reported more than 335 people currently in the hospital with the disease, a large bump over the roughly 270 reported Wednesday, but the department attributed the rise to an updated and more streamlined reporting tool.