One death, 258 new COVID-19 cases in N.H. Tuesday
CONCORD – The state Department for Health and Human Services announced 258 new positive test results for COVID-19 and one death on Tuesday.
The death was of one male resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older.
There are currently 119 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 71,215 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Today’s results include 139 people who tested positive by PCR test and 119 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 2,857 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:
2/15: 258 new cases
Test results for previous days are still being processed and the total number of new positives for those days are not yet complete. Updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard.
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 forty-one individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 52% being female and 48% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (57), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (33), Grafton (23), Merrimack (21), Strafford (21), Cheshire (18), Carroll (9), Sullivan (9), Coos (6), and Belknap (5) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (27) and Nashua (14). The county of residence is being determined for fifteen new cases.
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.