CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19 on Tuesday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

They are one man and one woman from Hillsborough County, both 60 years of age or older.

The state also announced 16 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,262 cases of COVID-19 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, all are adults with 38% being female and 62% being male. The new cases reside in Carroll (2), Belknap (1), Coos (1), Merrimack (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (6) and Nashua (4).

Four new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 677 (11%) of 6,262 cases. Eight of the new cases had no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Most of the remaining cases have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled.

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