FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 483 new positive test results for COVID-19 and 19 deaths Saturday for a current PCR test positivity rate of 3.8%.

The deaths include:

· 1 male resident of Belknap County, 60 years of age and older

· 1 male resident of Grafton County, 60 years of age and older

· 4 male residents of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older

· 3 female residents of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older

· 3 male residents of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older

· 3 female residents of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older

· 1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

· 1 male resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older

· 1 female resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older

· 1 male resident of Sullivan County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 252 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 55,945 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

Today’s results include 329 people who tested positive by PCR test and 154 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 6,081 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

1/5: 14 new cases today, for an updated total of 946 cases

1/6: 36 new cases today, for un updated total of 593 cases

1/13: 8 new cases today, for un updated total of 498 cases

1/14: 376 new cases today, for un updated total of 888 cases

1/15: 49 new cases

Test results for previous days are still being processed and the total number of new positives for those days are not yet complete. Updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard.

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 eighty-one 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 (124), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (65), Strafford (41), Merrimack (33), Cheshire (25), Grafton (23), Sullivan (17), Coos (16), Belknap (13), and Carroll (6) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (61) and Nashua (46). The county of residence is being determined for thirteen 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 are either associated with an outbreak setting or have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.

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