FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2021, file photo, Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse Maggie Bass, right, injects a COVID-19 vaccine into an arm in Jackson, Miss. A survey of Americans on President Joe Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 finds a deep and familiar divide: Democrats are overwhelmingly for it, while most Republicans are against it according to a poll released Thursday, Sept. 30, by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, DHHS announced 446 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Monday, October 11. Today’s results include 184 people who tested positive by PCR test and 262 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 10 new cases from Wednesday, October 6 (5 by PCR and 5 by antigen test) for a new total of 623, and an additional 30 new cases from Thursday, October 7 (28 by PCR and 2 by antigen test) for a new total of 655. Test results for previous days are still being processed and updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard. There are now 3,930 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 one hundred and twenty-one individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 51% being female and 49% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (92), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (66), Merrimack (55), Belknap (47), Strafford (40), Grafton (37), Coos (19), Sullivan (17), Cheshire (14), and Carroll (13) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (50) and Nashua (20). The county of residence is being determined for sixteen new cases.

DHHS has also announced nine additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

1 female resident of Belknap County, 60 years of age and older

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

1 female resident of Coos County, 60 years of age and older

1 male resident of Coos County, 60 years of age and older

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 male resident of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older

2 female residents of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 140 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 126,229 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.