CONCORD – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has issued the following update on the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

On Friday, April 16, 2021, DHHS announced 423 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.8%. Today’s results include 254 people who tested positive by PCR test and 169 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,751 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

4/15: 423 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 ninety-five individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 54% being female and 46% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (98), Strafford (60), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (54), Merrimack (24), Belknap (21), Cheshire (20), Grafton (17), Carroll (12), Coos (12), and Sullivan (12) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (37) and Nashua (32). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-four 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 have recently traveled.

DHHS has also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

1 female resident of Grafton County, 60 years of age and older

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

There are currently 132 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 90,910 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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