233 Of 283 COVID-19 Deaths Associated With Long-Term Care as of Saturday

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

They include four women and one man from Hillsborough County, all over 60.

The state also announced 74 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 5,019 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 five individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 61% being female and 39% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (20), Rockingham (20), Merrimack (4), Grafton (2), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (20) and Nashua (4). The county of residence is being determined for three new cases.

Eleven new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 487 (10%) of 5,019 cases. Four 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 6, 2020, 9:00 AM)
NH Persons with COVID-1915,019
Recovered3,319 (66%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19283 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases1,417
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19487 (10%)
Current Hospitalizations84
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)284,009
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests213,604
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL28,401
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL31,782
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)4,025
  • 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 Laboratory5/305/316/16/26/36/46/5Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories571626488204578782268502
LabCorp46683195121831346381346
Quest Diagnostics688630481617926665580655
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center40348711068273411280290
Other NH Hospital Laboratory3294226115177311n/a**159
Other Laboratory*2730273928242128
Total2,1871,9501,5271,1642,8132,5391,5301,959
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory5/305/316/16/26/36/46/5Daily Average
LabCorp40171334302722
Quest Diagnostics279174190330274294253256
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center22412416162415
Other Laboratory*291311868812
Total370208203365330348312305
  • 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.

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