CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 462 new positive test results for COVID-19 and three new deaths on Friday.

The three deaths included a woman from Hillsborough County, a man from Coos County, and a man from Grafton County, all over age 60.

Nashua (270, Manchester (236) and Durham (117) had the highest number of new cases Friday.

That’s a daily PCR test positivity rate of 1.6%. Today’s results include 327 people who tested positive by PCR test and 135 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 2,743 current COVID-19 cases 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 forty-eight individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 43% being female and 57% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (87), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (54), Merrimack (34), Strafford (29), Grafton (19), Belknap (15), Cheshire (15), Carroll (10), Coos (6), and Sullivan (6) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (92) and Manchester (62). The county of residence is being determined for thirty-three new cases.

Seven new hospitalized cases were reported. There are currently 69 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. This census may include out of state residents hospitalized in NH and/or individuals readmitted to the hospital, therefore increases in the daily hospital census may not always equal the number of new hospitalizations reported in a given day. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties.

In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 13,929 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 811 (6%) of those having been hospitalized.

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report

(data updated as of November 13, 2020 – 9:00 AM)