362 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death on Tuesday

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CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 362 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 3.9% on Tuesday.

The state also announced one death, a man from Coos County, 60 years of age and older.

Today’s results include 221 people who tested positive by PCR test and 141 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 4,311 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 twenty-five individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 49% being female and 51% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (63), Rockingham (61), Merrimack (43), Belknap (36), Strafford (22), Cheshire (11), Carroll (8), Grafton (3), Coos (2), and Sullivan (2) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (76) and Nashua (20). The county of residence is being determined for fifteen new cases.

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 121 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 18,382 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 832 (5%) of those having been hospitalized.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated November 2
4, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-19118,382
Recovered13,558 (74%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19513 (3%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases4,311
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19832 (5%)
Current Hospitalizations121
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2407,668
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests232,967
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL56,385
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3740
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)6,650

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 Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
 11/1711/1811/1911/2011/2111/2211/23Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories6847781,0281,2311,2371,082702963
LabCorp6543,0551,5391,0401,5651,2213571,347
Quest Diagnostics1,7841,5922,4031,8711,4051,5231,3501,704
Mako Medical231294219437185193147
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center6551,0456595918293470589
Other NH Hospital Laboratory498541632506452235276449
Other Laboratory*1,9442,8261,2033,2052,5576747561,881
University of New Hampshire**3,9122,8764,0532,7451,617361,7462,426
Total10,15412,84211,55911,20810,0995,3035,3809,506
Antibody Laboratory Tests
 11/1711/1811/1911/2011/2111/2211/23Daily Average
LabCorp1614821163011
Quest Diagnostics194334172110822
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center56755104
Other Laboratory*74101213198
Total4767595543172745

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