CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 298 new positive test results for COVID-19 and three deaths Saturday, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.1%.

1 male resident of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older

2 male residents of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

The deaths include:

1 male resident of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older

2 male residents of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

Today’s results include 193 people who tested positive by PCR test and 105 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 2,187 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

3/5: 298 new 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 fifty-five individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 49% being female and 51% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (64), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (49), Strafford (26), Merrimack (22), Grafton (18), Cheshire (15), Sullivan (15), Coos (11), Carroll (6), and Belknap (5) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (37) and Nashua (9). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-one 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.

There are currently 90 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 76,695 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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