2 More Deaths Announced Related To COVID-19 In New Hampshire

CONCORD, NH — The State Joint Information Center announced two new deaths related to COVID-19 in the state of New Hampshire.

The two women were connected to long-term care settings with one living Merrimack County and the other residing in Hillsborough County. One woman was 80 years of age or older while the other was between 70 and 79. State officials offered their sympathies to the families and friends of the victims.

Another 19 people in the state including two children have become infected with the new coronavirus bringing the number of accumulative positive cases to 5,932. Sixty-eight percent of the patients were women and 32 percent were men. Seven of the new infections live in Manchester while three live in Rockingham County. Another three reside in Hillsborough County outside of Manchester and Nashua, two live in Nashua, and one lives in Merrimack County.

Three of the new patients required hospitalization bringing the total to 577 who required more care or less than 10 percent. Even with the three new patients, current hospitalizations dropped to 24 in New Hampshire, according to health officials.

Three of the new patients have no identified risk factors meaning they had no known contact with a positive patient, did not travel, and are not associated with an outbreak setting. Most of the remaining cases did, however.

The state reported Tuesday that 4,758 or 80 percent of all cases have recovered from the virus.

Since late January, 149,353 specimens have been collected with nearly 1,200 gathered Monday including 561 new people sampled who have not been tested before. More than 96 percent of all tests offered a negative result.

Approximately 3,450 people are under public health monitoring.

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GOFERR Stakeholder Meeting Held Thursday

Joseph Doiron, the deputy director of the Governor’s Office For Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR), will hold a meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory Board at 2 p.m. on July 9.

Call-in: 800-356-8278

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Anyone having difficulties connecting to the conference should call: 603-271-7840.

A copy of the July 9 meeting agenda can be found here.

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Self-Employed Livelihood Fund Taking Applications

The state's new Self-Employed Livelihood Fund is accepting applications for COVID-19 relief for the self-employed through July 17.

The Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR), in conjunction with the Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) and New Hampshire Employment Security (NHES), announced the opening of the New Hampshire Self Employed Livelihood Fund (SELF) application period last week.

The fund is like the Main Street Relief Fund but is focused on the self-employed.

Information can be found online here: More information.

Learn More About The Spread Of COVID-19

The COVID-19 virus is spread through respiratory droplets, usually through coughing and sneezing, and exposure to others who are sick or might be showing symptoms.

Health officials emphasize residents should follow these recommendations:

• Avoid any domestic and international travel, especially on public transportation such as buses, trains, and airplanes.
• Practice social distancing. Stay at least 6 feet from other people, including distancing while in waiting areas or lines.
• Anybody who is told to self-quarantine and stay at home due to exposure to a person with confirmed or suspect COVID-19 needs to stay home and not go out into public places.
• If you are 60 years or older or have chronic medical conditions, you need to stay home and not go out.
• Avoid gatherings of 10 people or more.
• Employers need to move to telework as much as possible.
• There is increasing evidence that this virus can survive for hours or possibly even a few days on surfaces, so people should clean frequently touched surfaces, including door handles, grocery carts and grocery basket handles, etc.

Take the same precautions as you would if you were sick:

• Stay home and avoid public places when sick (i.e., social distancing).
• Cover mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing.
• Wash hands frequently.
• Disinfect frequently touched surfaces.

More information from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services about coronavirus can be found here on the department's website.

• Guidance to schools can be found can be found here.
• Instructions for returning travelers to self-observe for symptoms of COVID-19 are available are available here.
• For more information on COVID-19 in NH, visit its site here.
• For the latest information from the CDC, visit its site here.
• To access the state's COVID-19 data dashboard, click on this link here.

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