On Thursday, October 21, 2021, DHHS announced 609 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Wednesday, October 20. Today’s results include 406 people who tested positive by PCR test and 203 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 59 new cases from Thursday, October 14 (32 by PCR and 27 by antigen test, for a new total of 655); and an additional 12 new cases from Friday, October 15 (3 by PCR and 9 by antigen test, for a new total of 682). 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 4,849 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 ninety-two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 52% being female and 48% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (93), Rockingham (86), Merrimack (75), Strafford (48), Cheshire (44), Sullivan (44), Belknap (40), Carroll (38), Coos (37), and Grafton (36) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (65) and Nashua (31). The county of residence is being determined for forty-three new cases.

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

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

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

There are currently 205 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 131,255 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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