On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, DHHS announced 935 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Tuesday, February 1. Today’s results include 564 people who tested positive by PCR test and 371 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 229 new cases from Tuesday, January 18 (12 by PCR and 217 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,383; an additional 34 new cases from Wednesday, January 19 (10 by PCR and 24 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,969; an additional 131 new cases from Thursday, January 20 (81 by PCR and 50 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,450; an additional 4 new cases from Friday, January 21 (0 by PCR and 4 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,928; an additional 1 new case from Saturday, January 22 (1 by PCR and 0 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,320; an additional 1 new case from Sunday, January 23 (0 by PCR and 1 by antigen test) for a new total of 974; an additional 15 new cases from Monday, January 24 (0 by PCR and 15 by antigen test) for a new total of 886; an additional 1 new case from Tuesday, January 25 (0 by PCR and 1 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,039; an additional 7 new cases from Wednesday, January 26 (1 by PCR and 6 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,982; an additional 4 new cases from Thursday, January 27 (0 by PCR and 4 by antigen test) for a new total of 2,031; an additional 2 new cases from Friday, January 28 (0 by PCR and 2 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,603; and an additional 30 new cases from Monday, January 31 (8 by PCR and 22 by antigen test) for a new total of 447. 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 9,204 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 sixty-two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 55% being female and 45% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (332), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (188), Merrimack (155), Strafford (118), Grafton (89), Cheshire (82), Belknap (53), Carroll (49), Sullivan (41), and Coos (25) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (89) and Manchester (88). The county of residence is being determined for eight-five new cases.

DHHS has also announced nine 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 Grafton County, 60 years of age and older

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

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

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

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

There are currently 278 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 278,691 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.