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 Department of Health and Human Services announced 58 new positive test results for COVID-19 on Saturday and no new deaths. The state map shows Durham with 27 current cases and Manchester with 34 out of 250 infections.

There have now been 7,424 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 four individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 50% being female and 50% being male. The new cases reside in Strafford (16), Rockingham (9), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Merrimack (5), Grafton (3), Carroll (1), and Cheshire (1) counties, and in the city of Manchester (11). The county of residence is being determined for seven new cases.

One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 717 (10%) of 7,424 cases. Seventeen 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 had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled.