FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 445 new positive test results for COVID-19 Monday and no new deaths, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 3.7%.

Today’s results include 316 people who tested positive by PCR test and 129 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 4,304 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.

There are currently 121 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 116 reported on Sunday.

In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 18,042 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 831 (5%) of those having been hospitalized.

Manchester (587), Nashua (394) and Salem (127) had the highest number of active cases.

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-nine individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (105), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (70), Merrimack (49), Strafford (33), Belknap (28), Carroll (11), Cheshire (11), and Grafton (11) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (82) and Nashua (22). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-three new cases.

Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Investigations are pending and risk factors for new cases are unknown at this time.

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