CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
They were one male resident from Carroll County, under 60 years old, and a man from Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older.
The state also announced 36 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,295 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 42% being female and 58% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (6), Rockingham (6), Carroll (3), Strafford (3), Merrimack (2), and Belknap (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (8) and Nashua (7).
Three new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 680 (11%) of 6,295 cases. Nine 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 either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled.
Current Situation in New Hampshire
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated July 22, 2020, 9:00 AM)
| NH Persons with COVID-191 | 6,295 |
| Recovered | 5,341 (85%) |
| Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 402 (6%) |
| Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 552 |
| Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 | 680 (11%) |
| Current Hospitalizations | 24 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2 | 146,879 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2 | 25,796 |
| Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 35,432 |
| Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 | 870 |
| Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) | 3,400 |
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 Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS
| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests | ||||||||
| Testing Laboratory | 7/15 | 7/16 | 7/17 | 7/18 | 7/19 | 7/20 | 7/21 | Daily Average |
| NH Public Health Laboratories | 825 | 846 | 486 | 157 | 426 | 244 | 92 | 439 |
| LabCorp | 596 | 326 | 240 | 498 | 673 | 457 | 406 | 457 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 847 | 519 | 327 | 613 | 459 | 539 | 448 | 536 |
| Mako Medical | 542 | 1,116 | 784 | 1,591 | 699 | 96 | 247 | 725 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 135 | 284 | 144 | 95 | 86 | 171 | 133 | 150 |
| Other NH Hospital Laboratory | 122 | 82 | 89 | 84 | 98 | 143 | 118 | 105 |
| Other Laboratory* | 28 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 22 |
| Total | 3,095 | 3,174 | 2,102 | 3,042 | 2,503 | 1,668 | 1,451 | 2,434 |
| Antibody Laboratory Tests | ||||||||
| Testing Laboratory | 7/15 | 7/16 | 7/17 | 7/18 | 7/19 | 7/20 | 7/21 | Daily Average |
| LabCorp | 25 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 104 | 144 | 135 | 127 | 16 | 112 | 125 | 109 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 31 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 22 |
| Other Laboratory* | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 167 | 203 | 205 | 156 | 22 | 152 | 156 | 152 |
* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not listed in the above table.