Greater Nashua

CONCORD – Gov. Chris Sununu reiterated what he said last week relative to actions he is taking relative to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. And critics wonder why his actions don’t directly involve reducing the spread of the virus, but instead expand hospital beds and participation in a federal lawsuit that now allows some health-care workers to avoid being vaccinated. “New Hampshire continues to experience the winter surge that we always predicted,” Sununu said at a news conference Tuesday in Concord. “It’s very serious not just in terms of cases but the number of hospitalizations, the number of fatalities and the number of families this is affecting mostly within the unvaccinated community. But we are also seeing an increase in breakthrough cases as well,” Sununu said. Sununu said he expects the surge to worsen over the next few ...