This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. They said Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 that genetic tests show a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in March. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP)

CONCORD – The state announced one additional death related to COVID-19 Thursday, a man from Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older.

The state also announced 35 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 7,194 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, there are six individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 60% being female and 40% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (10), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Carroll (4), Merrimack (3), Grafton (2), Strafford (2), Belknap (1), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (2) and Nashua (2). The county of residence is being determined for three new cases.

No new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 713 (10%) of 7,194 cases. Eleven of the new cases had no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Of those with complete risk information, most of the cases have either recently traveled or have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.