Most Active COVID-19 Sunday: Manchester (316), Nashua (314), Durham (142)

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CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 361 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths Sunday, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 2.2%.

Today’s results include 241 people who tested positive by PCR test and 120 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,306 current COVID-19 cases 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 fifty individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 51% being female and 49% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (76), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (46), Merrimack (40), Strafford (36), Belknap (33), Grafton (14), Carroll (6), Cheshire (6), Coos (5), and Sullivan (3) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (49) and Nashua (27). The county of residence is being determined for twenty new cases.

None 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. Of those with complete risk information, most of the cases have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are associated with an outbreak setting.

There are currently 69 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 14,671 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 814 (6%) of those having been hospitalized.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated November 15, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-19114,671
Recovered10,866 (74%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19499 (3%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases3,306
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19814 (6%)
Current Hospitalizations69
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2384,752
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests232,647
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHLN/A
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3654
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)5,950

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, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, 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 Laboratory11/811/911/1011/1111/1211/1311/14Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories6162923681,051869968907724
LabCorp8278151,5731,7451,2906824111,049
Quest Diagnostics2,6191,6922,2441,9592,6476626751,785
Mako Medical21754213279764498
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center254156462648613847576508
Other NH Hospital Laboratory292369569739566494282473
Other Laboratory*2778391,5002,2512,0102,3332,0711,612
University of New Hampshire**704,3403,2893,3263,9053,2043,0663,029
Total5,1728,55710,00711,73212,1799,2668,0329,278
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory11/811/911/1011/1111/1211/1311/14Daily Average
LabCorp417571305
Quest Diagnostics714271326232019
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center048911205
Other Laboratory*254513235
Total1324463257402334

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