CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 53 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths Sunday.

The state map shows the four communities with the highest number of COVID-19 cases Sunday: Manchester (44), Nashua (31), Bedford & Rochester (18 each)

Check number of COVID-19 cases by school every day. Under the “show” pull down and click “schools with cases.” https://www.nh.gov/covid19/dashboard/schools.htm

There have now been 8,172 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 44% being female and 56% being male. The new cases reside in Merrimack (10), Strafford (9), Rockingham (7), Cheshire (5), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Grafton (3), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (8) and Nashua (3). The county of residence is being determined for two new cases.

Two new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 736 (9%) of 8,172 cases. Ten 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. 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 have recently traveled.

Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS