On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, DHHS announced 1,023 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Tuesday, January 25. Today’s results include 729 people who tested positive by PCR test and 294 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 47 new cases from Tuesday, January 11 (0 by PCR and 47 by antigen test) for a new total of 3,669; an additional 211 new cases from Wednesday, January 12 (2 by PCR and 209 by antigen test) for a new total of 4,241; an additional 42 new cases from Thursday, January 13 (7 by PCR and 35 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,820; an additional 72 new cases from Friday, January 14 (36 by PCR and 36 by antigen test) for a new total of 3,328; an additional 92 new cases from Saturday, January 15 (74 by PCR and 18 by antigen test) for a new total of 5,627; an additional 8 new cases from Tuesday, January 18 (0 by PCR and 8 by antigen test) for a new total of 749; an additional 6 new cases from Wednesday, January 19 (0 by PCR and 6 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,755; an additional 4 new cases from Thursday, January 20 (0 by PCR and 4 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,314; an additional 7 new cases from Friday, January 21 (3 by PCR and 4 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,920; and an additional 145 new cases from Monday, January 24 (63 by PCR and 82 by antigen test) for a new total of 869. 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 13,870 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 five hundred and forty-eight 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 (336), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (246), Merrimack (196), Strafford (186), Belknap (81), Cheshire (75), Grafton (75), Carroll (52), Sullivan (30), and Coos (19) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (111) and Nashua (74). The county of residence is being determined for one hundred and seventy-six new cases.

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

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

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

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

There are currently 401 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 267,800 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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