Three new COVID-19 deaths Thursday
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 269 new positive test results for COVID-19 and three new deaths Thursday.
The deaths incuded:
· 1 female resident of Hillsborough County, fewer than 60 years of age
· 1 male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
· 1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
Today’s results include 177 people who tested positive by PCR test and 92 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 1,849 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.
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 Strafford (40), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (38), Rockingham (36), Cheshire (30), Merrimack (21), Grafton (13), Belknap (10), Coos (9), Carroll (8), and Sullivan (6) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (30) and Nashua (19). The county of residence is being determined for nine 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 88 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 96,134 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.