One death, 139 new COVID-19 cases in NH Tuesday
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 139 new positive test results for COVID-19 and one death Tuesday.
The death involved:
· 1 male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
Today’s results include 63 people who tested positive by PCR test and 76 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 1,118 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 twenty-eight individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 44% being female and 56% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (33), Merrimack (18), Grafton (16), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (15), Cheshire (11), Strafford (8), Belknap (5), Carroll (2), Sullivan (2), and Coos (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (11) and Nashua (11). The county of residence is being determined for six 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 48 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 97,904 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.