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23 New COVID-19 Deaths; NH DHHS Doesn’t Respond To InDepthNH Questions
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NH DHHS hasn’t responded to questions about the increase in COVID-19 deaths.
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NH DHHS hasn’t responded to questions about the increase in COVID-19 deaths.
Budget writers Friday approved using $8.9 million in federal pandemic recovery money to prepare for a possible COVID-19 surge this winter.
For the previous week, DHHS announce 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19. (Last week the state reported 6 new COVID-19 deaths.)
The state is no longer recommending people wear face masks indoors in buildings and schools as the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations are on the decline.
At his weekly press briefing Wednesday in Concord, Sununu announced the $12 million purchase, approved by the Executive Council Wednesday, and he said they will be sold at a cost of about $17 per single test, which can be covered by insurance.
CONCORD – Facing some of the worst statistics during the pandemic with hospitalizations straining capacity and federal emergency resources being drawn here, Gov. Chris Sununu announced measures Wednesday to counter COVID-19 to bring numbers down including more in-home tests and new fixed vaccination sites.
On the day the state announced for the first time that a New Hampshire child too young to be vaccinated died in September from COVID-19, the state Department of Health and Human Services and Gov. Chris Sununu’s spokesman didn’t respond to most questions from InDepthNH.org.
After visiting one of the state’s hardest-hit hospitals Thursday, Gov. Chris Sununu announced more opportunities to get a COVID-19 booster shot in the coming weeks and said more in-home testing and more medicine to keep people out of the hospital are on the way.
Gov. Chris Sununu reiterated what he said last week relative to actions he is taking relative to the dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.