CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 925 new positive test results for COVID-19 and 12 deaths for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.9%.
The deaths include:
- 2 male residents of Belknap County, 60 years of age and older
- 1 female resident of Cheshire County, 60 years of age and older
- 1 male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
- 2 female residents of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
- 4 male residents of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
- 1 male resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older
- 1 male resident of Sullivan County, 60 years of age and older
There are currently 240 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 60,294 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Today’s results include 592 people who tested positive by PCR test and 333 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 6,204 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:
- 1/15: 17 new cases today, for an updated total of 660 cases
- 1/17: 29 new cases today, for an updated total of 496 cases
- 1/18: 57 new cases today, for an updated total of 535 cases
- 1/19: 395 new cases today, for an updated total of 683 cases
- 1/20: 427 new cases
Test results for previous days are still being processed and the total number of new positives for those days are not yet complete. Updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard.
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 one hundred and nineteen 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 (226), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (150), Strafford (74), Merrimack (67), Grafton (63), Cheshire (35), Coos (35), Belknap (30), Carroll (24), and Sullivan (13) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (92) and Nashua (82). The county of residence is being determined for thirty-four 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 are either associated with an outbreak setting or have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.
Current Situation in New Hampshire
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(updated January 21, 2021, 9:00 AM)
NH Persons with COVID-19 | 60,294 |
Recovered | 53,128 (88%) |
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 962 (2%) |
Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 6,204 |
Current Hospitalizations | 240 |
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2 | 576,037 |
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2 | 35,840 |
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 66,028 |
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 | 668 |
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.
New Hampshire Institutions Associated with COVID-19 Outbreak (as of 1/21/2021)
Current COVID-19 Outbreaks | Resident Cases | Staff Cases | Under Investigation | Deaths |
The Arbors at Bedford | 47 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
Bel-Air Nursing Home and Rehab Center | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Bentley Commons at Bedford | 21 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
Birch Hill | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Calumet Transitional Housing Unit – NHDOC | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Carriage Hill Assisted Living | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Clipper Harbor/Cedar Healthcare Center | 32 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
Community Bridges Concord | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Country Village Center | 36 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
Dover Center for Health and Rehabilitation | 59 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
Edgewood Center Portsmouth | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Golden View Health Care Meredith | 77 | 52 | 0 | 12 |
Greystone Farms | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Hanover Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center | 71 | 40 | 0 | 7 |
Harbor Care Chestnut Street Group Home | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Harmony Homes by the Bay | 38 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
Harris Hill Center | 22 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
Hillsborough County House of Corrections | 109 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Hillsborough County Nursing Home | 64 | 48 | 0 | 3 |
Keene Center | 44 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Kendal at Hanover | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Lafayette Center | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Langdon Place of Nashua | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Ledgewood Bay Assisted Living | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Meredith Bay Colony Club | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
Merrimack County Jail | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Merrimack County Nursing Home | 27 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
Nashua Crossings Benchmark | 49 | 28 | 0 | 7 |
NH Correctional Facility for Women | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
NH State Prison – Men’s | 245 | 71 | 0 | 1 |
NH Veterans’ Home | 93 | 102 | 0 | 36 |
Northern NH Correctional Facility – Berlin | 127 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Pines of Newmarket | 28 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
Pleasant View Nursing Home | 90 | 43 | 0 | 17 |
Rivermead Peterborough | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Riverside Rest Home | 91 | 77 | 0 | 15 |
Rockingham County Nursing and Rehab | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 37 | 26 | 0 | 10 |
St. Vincent Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Secure Psychiatric Unit, NH Department of Corrections | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Strafford County Jail | 83 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Sullivan County Nursing Home | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
Summerhill Assisted Living | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
Woodcrest Village Assisted Living | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Closed COVID-19 Outbreaks | Resident Cases | Staff Cases | Deaths |
All American Assisted Living Londonderry (6/9/2020) | 15 | 16 | 2 |
Aurora Assisted Living Derry (6/6/2020) | 38 | 17 | 10 |
Aurora Assisted Living Derry (1/21/2020) | 13 | 17 | 0 |
Bedford Falls (6/6/2020) | 40 | 21 |