Seven new COVID-19 cases on Monday
CONCORD – The state Depatment of Health and Human Services announced 7 new positive test results for COVID-19 on Monday.
There have now been 7,952 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Laboratory reporting from one laboratory was incomplete so additional test results may be received from this laboratory in the coming days. Several cases are still under investigation.
Check number of COVID-19 cases by school every day. Under the “show” pull down and click “schools with cases.” https://www.nh.gov/covid19/dashboard/schools.htm.
Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there is one individual under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 57% being female and 43% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (2), Belknap (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the city of Nashua (2). The county of residence is being determined for one new case.
One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 726 (9%) of 7,952 cases. One 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 have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.