CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 625 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 5.3%.
The state also announced seven new deaths: two men from Belknap County; one woman from Coos County, a man and a woman from Hillsborough County and a man and a woman from Rockingham County. They were all over age 60.
There are currently 156 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 22,925 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 844 (4%) of those having been hospitalized.
Today’s results include 470 people who tested positive by PCR test and 155 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 4,342 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Test results for Wednesday are still being processed and the total number of new positives for that day is not yet complete. Updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard.
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 seventy-three 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 (162), Merrimack (94), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (80), Strafford (41), Grafton (25), Belknap (24), Carroll (17), Cheshire (16), Sullivan (9), and Coos (6) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (98) and Nashua (32). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-one new cases.
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 are associated with an outbreak setting.
Current Situation in New Hampshire
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated December 3, 2020, 9:00 AM)
NH Persons with COVID-191 | 22,925 |
Recovered | 18,039 (79%) |
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 544 (2%) |
Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 4,342 |
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 | 844 (4%) |
Current Hospitalizations | 156 |
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2 | 431,027 |
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2 | 33,405 |
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 57,791 |
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 | 1,589 |
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) | 9,275 |
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, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, 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.
New Hampshire Institutions Associated with COVID-19 Outbreak (as of 12/3/2020)
Current COVID-19 Outbreaks | Resident Cases | Staff Cases | Under Investigation | Deaths |
Colonial Poplin Nursing & Rehabilitation | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Coos County Nursing Hospital | 60 | 62 | 0 | 6 |
Grace House Windham | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Green Mountain Treatment Center | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Hanover Hill Manchester | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hanover Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Maple Leaf Healthcare Center | 63 | 27 | 0 | 6 |
Mount Prospect Academy Plymouth | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Nashua Crossings Benchmark | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
NH Veterans’ Home | 51 | 66 | 0 | 15 |
Oceanside Center – Genesis | 43 | 25 | 0 | 6 |
Prospect Woodward Home at Hillside Village | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Ridgewood Genesis Bedford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Secure Psychiatric Unit, NH Department of Corrections | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
St. Anne’s Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
St. Joseph’s Residence Manchester | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
St. Teresa Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 31 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
Studley Home Assisted Living Facility | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Woodlawn Care Center | 33 | 24 | 0 | 4 |
Closed COVID-19 Outbreaks | Resident Cases | Staff Cases | Deaths |
All American Assisted Living Londonderry (6/9/2020) | 15 | 16 | 2 |
Aurora Assisted Living Derry (6/6/2020) | 38 | 17 | 10 |
Bedford Falls (6/6/2020) | 40 | 21 | 11 |
Bedford Hills Center Genesis (7/16/2020) | 37 | 25 | 7 |
Bedford Hills Center Genesis (11/9/2020) | 61 | 20 | 19 |
Bedford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7/7/2020) | 62 | 28 | 17 |
Bellamy Fields Dover (5/16/2020) | 35 | 13 | 10 |
Birch Hill (7/30/2020) | 40 | 29 | 14 |
Clipper Harbor Genesis Portsmouth (5/29/2020) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Community Bridges Belmont (6/9/2020) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Community Resources for Justice Transitional Housing Manchester (5/18/2020) | 16 | 4 | 0 |
Courville Manchester (6/30/2020) | 15 | 14 | 6 |
Crestwood Center Milford (6/30/2020) | 54 | 28 | 15 |
Crotched Mountain (4/20/2020) | 3 | 12 | 1 |
Easterseals – Manchester (5/16/2020) | 45 | 70 | 0 |
Evergreen Place Manchester (9/3/2020) | 27 | 16 | 7 |
Greenbriar (8/21/2020) | 124 | 34 | 28 |
Greystone Farm at Salem (6/16/2020) | 9 | 3 | 0 |
Hackett Hill Genesis Manchester (6/5/2020) | 56 | 16 | 16 |
Hanover Hill Manchester (5/26/2020) | 79 | 60 | 25 |
Hillsborough County Nursing Home (7/27/2020) | 154 | 55 | 39 |
Holy Cross Manchester (7/15/2020) | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Huntington Nashua (5/8/2020) | 23 | 19 | 7 |
Institute for Professional Practice, Inc (4/21/2020) | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Kimi Nichols Center Plaistow (6/10/2020) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Mt. Carmel Nursing and Rehabilitation Manchester (6/26/2020) | 38 | 16 | 5 |
Mountain Ridge Genesis Franklin (6/18/2020) | 49 | 2 | 9 |
Mountain View Community Ossipee (10/7/2020) | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Pine Rock Manor Warner (11/19/2020) | 48 | 14 | 8 |
Pleasant Valley Derry (5/27/2020) | 87 | 29 | 21 |
Ridgewood Genesis Bedford (6/18/2020) | 64 | 23 | 23 |
Ridgewood Genesis Bedford (8/12/2020) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Rockingham County House of Corrections (9/13/2020) | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Salemhaven (7/9/2020) | 46 | 15 | 11 |
Salem Woods (5/18/2020) | 23 | 26 | 10 |
Villa Crest Manchester (7/1/2020) | 54 | 45 | 15 |
Warde Health Center Windham (10/22/2020) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests | ||||||||
Testing Laboratory | 11/26 | 11/27 | 11/28 | 11/29 | 11/30 | 12/01 | 12/02 | Daily Average |
NH Public Health Laboratories | 0 | 1,126 | 1,042 | 1,743 | 779 | 1,183 | 1,163 | 1,005 |
LabCorp | 1,600 | 850 | 1,851 | 1,345 | 848 | 1,606 | 942 | 1,292 |
Quest Diagnostics | 1,003 | 942 | 1,830 | 2,871 | 1,967 | 1,486 | 868 | 1,567 |
Mako Medical | 10 | 110 | 398 | 316 | 151 | 4 | 189 | 168 |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 689 | 257 | 555 | 348 | 339 | 595 | 0 | 398 |
Other NH Hospital Laboratory | 252 | 454 | 509 | 377 | 452 | 624 | 475 | 449 |
Other Laboratory* | 1,537 | 778 | 1,126 | 785 | 1,243 | 2,100 | 1,689 | 1,323 |
University of New Hampshire** | 0 | 369 | 103 | 0 | 763 | 1,202 | 757 | 456 |
Total | 5,091 | 4,886 | 7,414 | 7,785 | 6,542 | 8,800 | 6,083 | 6,657 |
Antibody Laboratory Tests | ||||||||
Testing Laboratory | 11/26 | 11/27 | 11/28 | 11/29 | 11/30 | 12/01 | 12/02 | Daily Average |
LabCorp | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
Quest Diagnostics | 33 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 17 |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Other Laboratory* | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
Total | 43 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 33 | 48 | 38 | 30 |