4 New COVID-19 Deaths, 73 More Positive Cases

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19 on Wednesday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

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

The state also announced 73 new positive test results for COVID-19, approximately 75% of which were associated with recurring testing of residents and staff at three long-term care facilities experiencing an outbreak. Of the 73 new cases, 19 were not associated with a long-term care facility.

There have now been 5,436 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 two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 70% being female and 30% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (30), Rockingham (4), Cheshire (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (26) and Nashua (11).

Ten new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 531 (10%) of 5,436 cases. Four of the new cases had 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 had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are associated with an outbreak setting.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated June 17, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-191	5,436
Recovered	4,104 (75%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19	330 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases	1,002
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19	531 (10%)
Current Hospitalizations	56
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2	101,984
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2	16,599
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL	30,998
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3	1,011
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)	3,650

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	6/10	6/11	6/12	6/13	6/14	6/15	6/16	Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories	101	316	97	286	101	188	148	177
LabCorp	408	518	297	290	337	249	271	339
Quest Diagnostics	954	838	845	501	695	501	313	664
Mako Medical (LTCF serial surveillance protocol)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	660	660
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	215	122	327	354	315	43	117	213
Other NH Hospital Laboratory	239	392	33	8	191	365	n/a**	205
Other Laboratory*	25	6	26	3	10	41	24	19
Total	1,942	2,192	1,625	1,442	1,649	1,387	1,533	1,681
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory	6/10	6/11	6/12	6/13	6/14	6/15	6/16	Daily Average
LabCorp	45	21	32	31	34	0	2	24
Quest Diagnostics	266	281	327	256	75	203	269	240
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	30	29	32	36	3	0	23	22
Other Laboratory*	11	21	4	14	0	2	20	10
Total	352	352	395	337	112	205	314	295