1 New COVID-19 Death, 26 New Cases Wednesday

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CONCORD – The State Department of Health and Human Services announced one additional death related to COVID-19 on Wednesday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends. It was a man from Hillsborough County older than 60.

The state also announced 26 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,887 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 is one individual under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 62% being female and 38% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (5), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (3), Sullivan (3), Belknap (2), Carroll (1), Cheshire (2), Grafton (1), Merrimack (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (5) and Manchester (1). The county of residence is being determined for one new case.

COVID-19. There have now been 6,887 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 is one individual under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 62% being female and 38% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (5), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (3), Sullivan (3), Belknap (2), Carroll (1), Cheshire (2), Grafton (1), Merrimack (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (5) and Manchester (1). The county of residence is being determined for one new case.

No new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 705 (10%) of 6,887 cases. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Of those with complete risk information, most have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled.

CONCORD – The State Department of Health and Human Services announced one additional death related to COVID-19 on Wednesday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends. It was a man from Hillsborough County older than 60.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated August 
12, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-1916,887
Recovered6,162 (89%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19420 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases305
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19705 (10%)
Current Hospitalizations18
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2180,451
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests228,195
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL39,073
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3821
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)2,825

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

2 Includes 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.

3 Includes 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
 8/58/68/78/88/98/108/11Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories816762806386460306208535
LabCorp679778652607733382229580
Quest Diagnostics307348325365908830871565
Mako Medical2517015127
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center316502871812569302249517
Other NH Hospital Laboratory194154162127148157174159
Other Laboratory*5967644910256343106
Total2,3962,6122,8872,3462,9352,0342,0762,469
Antibody Laboratory Tests
 8/58/68/78/88/98/108/11Daily Average
LabCorp1821141834011
Quest Diagnostics9886948756384772
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center11101440121610
Other Laboratory*3138202358
Total130130130111597768101

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