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All of the seven people who died were older than 60 with three women and one man from Strafford County, and two women and one man from Hillsborough County, according to the daily report released by the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Only 10 state prison inmates have been tested for COVID-19 and all were negative.
Michele Perkins, New England College president and chair of the NH College and University Council, told the committee estimated loss for the state’s private and public colleges and universities is $185 million this year, which she called a conservative estimate.
The two men who died were over age 60, one from Strafford County, the other from Rockingham County.
“There isn’t any going back whatsoever to the way things were before,” said Nancy Kyle, president and chief executive officer of the New Hampshire Retail Association, told the new Governor’s Economic Re-opening Task Force on Friday.
Connie Carpenter, acting forest supervisor, said the move was made in keeping with federal and local guidelines and intended to protect the health and safety of the public and its employees during the pandemic.
Sununu said this week he wants to hold out as long as possible before deciding.
J.R. Hoell, a Republican from Dunbarton, said Gov. Chris Sununu’s newly formed Governor’s Economic Re-opening Task Force could be slowing down the process of getting business open again.
Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.