The total new cases Wednesday: 3,230

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has issued the following update on the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, DHHS announced 2,438 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Tuesday, January 11. Today’s results include 1,489 people who tested positive by PCR test and 949 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 291 new cases from Tuesday, January 4 (82 by PCR and 209 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,636; an additional 303 new cases from Wednesday, January 5 (101 by PCR and 202 by antigen test) for a new total of 3,033; an additional 46 new cases from Thursday, January 6 (35 by PCR and 11 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,242; an additional 10 new cases from Friday, January 7 (2 by PCR and 8 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,760; an additional 47 new cases from Saturday, January 8 (26 by PCR and 21 by antigen test) for a new total of 3,344; an additional 56 new cases from Sunday, January 9 (51 by PCR and 5 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,787; and an additional 39 new cases from Monday, January 10 (6 by PCR and 33 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,666. 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 20,458 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 nine hundred and seventeen individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 54% being female and 46% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (710), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (489), Merrimack (337), Strafford (210), Belknap (142), Grafton (138), Carroll (108), Cheshire (75), Sullivan (63), and Coos (54) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (436) and Nashua (246). The county of residence is being determined for two hundred and twenty-two new cases.

There are currently 415 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 229,373 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.