CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 11 new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday bringing the total to 256.
They included six women and four men from Hillsborough County and one woman from Rockingham County, all over the age of 60.
The state also announced 65 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 4,749 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 six 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 (11), Rockingham (7), Merrimack (6), Belknap (3), and Strafford (2) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (24) and Nashua (8). The county of residence is being determined for four new cases.
Six new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 462 (10%) of 4,749 cases. Eleven of the new cases have 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 June 2, 2020, 9:00 AM)
| NH Persons with COVID-191 | 4,749 |
| Recovered | 3,071 (63%) |
| Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 256 (5%) |
| Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 1,422 |
| Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 | 462 (10%) |
| Current Hospitalizations | 97 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2 | 75,739 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2 | 12,249 |
| Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 26,647 |
| Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 | 1,726 |
| Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) | 4,050 |
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 Laboratory | 5/26 | 5/27 | 5/28 | 5/29 | 5/30 | 5/31 | 6/1 | Daily Average |
| NH Public Health Laboratories | 866 | 404 | 665 | 273 | 571 | 626 | 488 | 556 |
| LabCorp | 99 | 281 | 385 | 151 | 449 | 83 | 195 | 235 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 906 | 607 | 736 | 353 | 688 | 630 | 481 | 629 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 66 | 86 | 188 | 238 | 403 | 487 | 110 | 225 |
| Other NH Hospital Laboratory | 178 | 184 | 261 | 21 | 32 | 94 | n/a** | 128 |
| Other Laboratory* | 11 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 27 |
| Total | 2,126 | 1,571 | 2,274 | 1,081 | 2,170 | 1,950 | 1,301 | 1,782 |
| Antibody Laboratory Tests | ||||||||
| Testing Laboratory | 5/26 | 5/27 | 5/28 | 5/29 | 5/30 | 5/31 | 6/1 | Daily Average |
| LabCorp | 0 | 2 | 58 | 30 | 40 | 17 | 1 | 21 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 232 | 305 | 302 | 225 | 279 | 174 | 190 | 244 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | n/a | 1 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Other Laboratory* | 0 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| Total | 232 | 309 | 379 | 296 | 370 | 208 | 203 | 285 |
* 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.