The state announced 456 new COVID-19 cases Monday.

On Monday, March 21, 2022, DHHS announced 53 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Sunday, March 20. Today’s results include 44 people who tested positive by PCR test and 9 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced 149 cases from Friday, March 18 (82 by PCR and 67 by antigen test); and 134 cases from Saturday, March 19 (100 by PCR and 34 by antigen test). Additionally, DHHS announced an additional 20 new cases from Thursday, March 17 (17 by PCR and 3 by antigen test) for a new total of 162. Test results for previous days are still being processed and updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard. There are now 911 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 fifty-six individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 61% being female and 39% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (65), Cheshire (51), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (43), Grafton (41), Strafford (39), Merrimack (27), Belknap (15), Sullivan (10), Carroll (5), and Coos (4) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (22) and Nashua (15). The county of residence is being determined for nineteen new cases.

DHHS has also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

·         1 female resident of Grafton County, 60 years of age and older

·         1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 30 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 301,308 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(updated March 21, 2022, 9:00 AM)

The most up-to-date laboratory testing data, positivity rates and vaccination data are available on the COVID-19 dashboards at https://www.covid19.nh.gov/dashboard/overview.

For more information, please visit the DHHS COVID-19 webpage at https://www.covid19.nh.gov/.