Three COVID-19 deaths, 552 new COVID cases on Thursday in NH
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 552 new positive test results for COVID-19 and three deaths Thursday for a current PCR test positivity rate of 3.0%.
One of the three deaths announced today occurred in December 2020 and was recently confirmed as related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
1 male resident of Grafton County, 60 years of age and older
1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
1 male resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
Today’s results include 329 people who tested positive by PCR test and 223 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,763 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:
4/14: 552 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 one hundred and seventeen individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 51% being female and 49% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (122), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (78), Strafford (58), Merrimack (53), Grafton (42), Belknap (23), Carroll (17), Cheshire (15), Sullivan (13), and Coos (6) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (42) and Nashua (26). The county of residence is being determined for fifty-seven 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 either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are associated with an outbreak setting.
There are currently 130 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 90,525 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.