CONCORD – Eighteen new positive test results of COVID-19, three of them Nashua residents, were reported Sunday by the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Sunday’s numbers bring to 6,203 the number of COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation.

DHHS also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19. One is a woman from Hillsborough County, the other a man from Belknap County. Both are age 60 or older.

Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates.

The updated numbers for those with complete information include two individuals under the age of 18. The rest are adults with 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (2), Merrimack (2), Belknap (1), Cheshire (1), Grafton (1), Rockingham (1), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (6) and Nashua (3).

One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 673 (11%) of 6,203 cases. Four 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 with cases. Most of the remaining cases have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled to domestic or international locations.

More detailed information is available on the DHHS COVID-19 webpage at www.nh.gov/covid19.

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