FILE - This July 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Belgium. The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.(Johnson & Johnson via AP, File)

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 362 new positive test results for COVID-19 and two deaths Wednesday, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.4%.

Today’s results include 222 people who tested positive by PCR test and 140 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,090 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

4/20: 362 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 seventy-nine individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 50% being female and 50% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (73), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (50), Strafford (40), Grafton (37), Merrimack (27), Carroll (21), Belknap (18), Cheshire (14), Sullivan (11), and Coos (7) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (25) and Nashua (21). The county of residence is being determined for eighteen 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 124 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 92,391 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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