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CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced three additional COVID-19 deaths on Sunday.

They include a man from Hillsborough County and a man and a woman from Rockingham County, all over 60.

On Sunday, the state also announced 106 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 4,651 cases of COVID-19 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 three individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 57% being female and 43% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (42), Rockingham (13), Merrimack (2), Belknap (1), Grafton (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (28) and Nashua (16). The county of residence is being determined for two new cases.  

Two new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 451(10%) of 4,651 cases. One of the new cases has no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Most of the remaining cases have either had travel to domestic or international locations or have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated May 31, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-1914,651
Recovered2,948 (63%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19245 (5%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases1,458
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19451 (10%)
Current Hospitalizations96
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)272,456
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests211,838
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL25,498
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL31,661
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)4,000

1Includes specimens positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.

2Includes specimens tested at the NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL), LabCorp, Quest, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and those sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.

3Includes specimens received and awaiting testing at NH PHL. Does not include tests pending at commercial laboratories.

Number of Specimens Tested by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
Testing Laboratory5/245/255/265/275/285/295/30Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories561768866404665273571587
LabCorp21117599281385151449250
Quest Diagnostics257616906607736353688595
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center191726686188238403178
Other NH Hospital Laboratory2613817818426121n/a**135
Other Laboratory*93811939452725
Total1,2551,8072,1261,5712,2741,0812,1381,750
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory5/245/255/265/275/285/295/30Daily Average
LabCorp1200258304020
Quest Diagnostics224236232305302225279258
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centern/an/an/a113132212
Other Laboratory*85016282911
Total244241232309379296370296

* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not

already listed in the table.

** Not available at the time of this report.

NH DHHS Daily Update on COVID-19 Archive

For more information, please visit the DHHS COVID-19 webpage at https://www.nh.gov/covid19.

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