445 New Cases, 121 People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Monday

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CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 445 new positive test results for COVID-19 Monday and no new deaths, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 3.7%.

Today’s results include 316 people who tested positive by PCR test and 129 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 4,304 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.

There are currently 121 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 116 reported on Sunday.

In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 18,042 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 831 (5%) of those having been hospitalized.

Manchester (743), Nashua (398) and Salem (138) had the highest number of active cases.

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 forty-nine individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (105), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (70), Merrimack (49), Strafford (33), Belknap (28), Carroll (11), Cheshire (11), and Grafton (11) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (82) and Nashua (22). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-three new cases.

Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Investigations are pending and risk factors for new cases are unknown at this time.Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated November 23, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-19118,042
Recovered13,226 (73%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19512 (3%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases4,304
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19831 (5%)
Current Hospitalizations121
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2406,227
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests232,939
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL56,231
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL31,175
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)6,600

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 Laboratory11/1611/1711/1811/1911/2011/2111/22Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories3886847781,0281,2311,2371,082918
LabCorp7466543,0551,5391,0341,5591,2001,398
Quest Diagnostics2,3901,7851,5922,4031,8651,4011,4191,836
Mako Medical18231294219437185122
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center2826551,0456595918290580
Other NH Hospital Laboratory389496541632506452192458
Other Laboratory*1,2931,9432,8251,2033,2032,5575651,941
University of New Hampshire**4,0603,9072,8763,9402,7091,617362,735
Total9,56610,14712,84111,44611,15810,0894,6799,989
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory11/1611/1711/1811/1911/2011/2111/22Daily Average
LabCorp0161482116311
Quest Diagnostics101943341721822
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center45675505
Other Laboratory*10741012106
Total2447675955431144

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