CONCORD – On Saturday, the state Department of Health and Human Services announced 109 new positive test results for COVID-19 and three deaths.

The deaths included:

1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older,

1 male resident of Rockingham County, fewer than 60 years of age,

1 male resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older.

Today’s results include 69 people who tested positive by PCR test and 40 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 954 current COVID-19 cases 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 thirty-five individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 55% being female and 45% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (15), Rockingham (15), Cheshire (12), Grafton (12), Strafford (12), Sullivan (8), Merrimack (7), Carroll (3), and Coos (2) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (11) and Nashua (4). The county of residence is being determined for eight 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 had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are included in an outbreak.

There are currently 53 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 98,244 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.