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

On Friday, April 8, 2022, DHHS announced 266 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Thursday, April 7. Today’s results include 207 people who tested positive by PCR test and 59 who tested positive by antigen test. 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 1,405 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 fifty-four individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 57% being female and 43% being male. The new cases reside in Strafford (53), Rockingham (36), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (35), Merrimack (28), Grafton (25), Cheshire (22), Sullivan (13), Carroll (9), Coos (5), and Belknap (3) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (14) and Manchester (13). The county of residence is being determined for ten new cases.

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

· 1 female resident of Merrimack County, fewer than 60 years of age

There are currently 10 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 303,755 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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