This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. They said Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 that genetic tests show a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in March. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP)

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 34 new positive test results for COVID-19 and two news deaths Tuesday, both women older than 60 in Rockingham County.

Check number of COVID-19 cases by school every day. Under the “show” pull down and click “schools with cases.” https://www.nh.gov/covid19/dashboard/schools.htm.

There have now been 7,748 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, there are five individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 41% being female and 59% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (9), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Merrimack (5), Strafford (3), Belknap (1), Carroll (1), Cheshire (1), Coos (1), and Grafton (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (6) and Nashua (1).

One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 722 (9%) of 7,748 cases. Six 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. 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.