4 New COVID-19 Deaths, 33 More Cases Thursday

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

They include two women and a man from Hillsborough County, and a woman from Rockingham County, all 60 years of age and older.

The state also announced 33 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,544 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 are four individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 45% being female and 55% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Rockingham (5), Merrimack (4), Belknap (2), and Carroll (2) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (12) and Nashua (1). The county of residence is being determined for two new cases.

Two new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 692 (11%) of 6,544 cases. Nine 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 either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, have recently traveled, or are associated with an outbreak setting.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated July 30, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-1916,544
Recovered5,722 (87%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19415 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases407
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19692 (11%)
Current Hospitalizations21
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2158,309
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests226,810
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL36,458
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3495
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)3,125

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 Laboratory7/237/247/257/267/277/287/29Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories64056726745153279532398
LabCorp1,172854762534628138173609
Quest Diagnostics8403442057165401,158653637
Mako Medical1,1646005913951,383646391739
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center1792821371274222471152
Other NH Hospital Laboratory87947710614613381103
Other Laboratory*361136285054330
Total4,1182,7522,0752,3572,8422,5831,9442,667
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory7/227/237/247/257/267/277/28Daily Average
LabCorp2018121069511
Quest Diagnostics120100112273912611391
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center2542111620213
Other Laboratory*1191206297
Total1761311573867157129122

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