CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced one new death related to COVID-19 Thursday, a woman from Hillsborough County who was 60 years of age or older.

The state also announced 21 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 5,973 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, all are adults with 57% being female and 43% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Carroll (1), Cheshire (1), Merrimack (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (8) and Nashua (4).

Three new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 581 (10%) of 5,973 cases. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Of the new cases, none of them were considered to have no identified risk. Most of the cases have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, recently traveled, or are associated with an outbreak setting.