CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 28 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths on Tuesday.
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There have now been 8,233 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 two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 48% being female and 52% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (13), Strafford (5), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (2), Merrimack (1), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (4) and Nashua (2).
One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 738 (9%) of 8,233 cases. Five 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.
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated as of September 29, 2020, 9:00 AM)
Number of Persons with COVID-19 1 | 8,233 |
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Recovered | 7,463 (91%) |
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 439 (5%) |
Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 331 |
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 | 738 (9%) |
Current Hospitalizations | 13 |
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2 | 270,204 |
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2 | 31,078 |
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 46,757 |
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 | 993 |
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) | 2,725 |
1 Includes specimens positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.
2 Includes specimens tested at the NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL), LabCorp, Quest, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, and those sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.
3 Includes 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 | ||||||||
9/22 | 9/23 | 9/24 | 9/25 | 9/26 | 9/27 | 9/28 | Daily Average | |
NH Public Health Laboratories | 826 | 543 | 1,073 | 983 | 1,028 | 1,294 | 1,300 | 1,007 |
LabCorp | 680 | 949 | 757 | 816 | 784 | 360 | 77 | 632 |
Quest Diagnostics | 791 | 2,129 | 1,377 | 1,333 | 1,446 | 2,941 | 730 | 1,535 |
Mako Medical | 12 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 917 | 527 | 1,032 | 1,123 | 952 | 201 | 41 | 685 |
Other NH Hospital Laboratory | 308 | 365 | 438 | 324 | 246 | 397 | 340 | 345 |
Other Laboratory* | 139 | 175 | 163 | 258 | 232 | 208 | 36 | 173 |
University of New Hampshire** | 5,125 | 3,424 | 5,114 | 1,711 | 4,768 | 158 | 3,240 | 3,363 |
Total | 8,798 | 8,121 | 9,954 | 6,620 | 9,486 | 5,559 | 5,764 | 7,757 |
Antibody Laboratory Tests | ||||||||
9/22 | 9/23 | 9/24 | 9/25 | 9/26 | 9/27 | 9/28 | Daily Average | |
LabCorp | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Quest Diagnostics | 37 | 41 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 27 |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Other Laboratory* | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
Total | 56 | 62 | 44 | 52 | 54 | 4 | 31 | 43 |