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CONCORD – Residents of New England can stay at New Hampshire hotels and short-term lodging as of today without the 14-day quarantine requirement and hospitals can start offering elective, non-time-sensitive surgeries with cases of COVID-19 continuing to decline, state officials announced on Thursday.
Family and friends of loved ones in long-term care facilities may finally be able to visit outdoors together in the coming weeks, state health officials said Tuesday at Gov. Chris Sununu’s news conference.
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced three new COVID-19 deaths on Sunday bringing the total to 286.
The deceased include four women and one man from Hillsborough County, all over 60.
A task force of volunteers is working to stop the spread of coronavirus within New Hampshire’s Bhutanese community and to care for the 12 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state.
The nurse practitioner has treated emergency patients at Memorial since the early 2000s.
Legislators claim in court that the Governor’s Office For Emergency Relief and Recovery, or GOFERR, is illegally bypassing the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee.
Unlike other states, New Hampshire does not release any information about the age of those who test positive, except for a vague reference in the three fatal cases to say they were older than 60.
“The deceased was a female resident of Rockingham County who was over 60 years old with underlying health issues,” said to a Department of Health and Human Services news release.
At 7:42 p.m. Saturday, the state issued a news release showing another 27 new positive tests for COVID-19 in New Hampshire bringing the total to 214.
