8 New COVID-19 Deaths, 34 More Cases Friday

CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19 Friday. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

They include three men and three women older than 60 and one male under 60, all from Hillsborough County, and one man older than 60 from Rockingham County.

The state also announced 34 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 5,671 cases of COVID-19 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 is one individual under the age of 18 and the rest are adults, with 47% being female and 53% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (6), Merrimack (6), Rockingham (6), Grafton (3), Sullivan (3), Strafford (2), Belknap (1), and Cheshire (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (3) and Nashua (3).

One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 561 (10%) of 5,671 cases. Three 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. Most of the remaining cases have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are associated with an outbreak setting.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated June 26, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-191	5,671
Recovered	4,381 (77%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19	365 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases	925
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19	561 (10%)
Current Hospitalizations	32
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2	114,768
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2	18,518
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL	31,558
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3	538
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)	3,450

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 Laboratory	6/19	6/20	6/21	6/22	6/23	6/24	6/25	Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories	676	208	100	76	281	285	280	272
LabCorp	353	329	340	175	332	607	575	387
Quest Diagnostics	533	202	282	554	1037	666	210	498
Mako Medical	947	682	375	68	446	359	670	507
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	167	0	634	66	21	197	168	179
Other NH Hospital Laboratory	51	47	239	503	297	292	n/a**	238
Other Laboratory*	3	26	35	14	33	43	20	25
Total	2,730	1,494	2,005	1,456	2,447	2,449	1,923	2,072
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory	6/19	6/20	6/21	6/22	6/23	6/24	6/25	Daily Average
LabCorp	42	40	15	0	12	24	41	25
Quest Diagnostics	213	162	144	84	224	152	210	170
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	24	0	26	0	20	31	19	17
Other Laboratory*	14	4	0	0	13	2	2	5
Total	293	206	185	84	269	209	272	217

* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not already listed in the table.

n/a: not available

** Not available at the time of this report.

Number of Persons Tested by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
Testing Laboratory	6/19	6/20	6/21	6/22	6/23	6/24	6/25	Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories	269	29	21	52	90	68	75	86
LabCorp	302	281	302	157	275	511	479	330
Quest Diagnostics	422	176	223	393	613	552	370	393
Mako Medical	108	430	73	5	35	62	115	118
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	83	0	318	66	19	172	150	115
Other NH Hospital Laboratory	51	47	239	503	297	292	n/a**	238
Other Laboratory*	2	24	32	14	27	39	20	23
Total	1,237	987	1,208	1,190	1,356	1,696	1,209	1,269
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory	6/19	6/20	6/21	6/22	6/23	6/24	6/25	Daily Average
LabCorp	36	34	12	0	9	20	36	21
Quest Diagnostics	195	149	128	80	207	140	196	156
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	22	0	26	0	19	25	16	15
Other Laboratory*	23	3	0	0	13	1	2	6
Total	276	186	166	80	248	186	250	199