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847 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths On Monday
The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 847 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths Monday.
CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 847 new positive test results for COVID-19 and no new deaths Monday.
That’s a daily PCR test positivity rate of 7.3%.
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There are currently 278 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 37,388 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 889 (2%) of those having been hospitalized.
Today’s results include 575 people who tested positive by PCR test and 272 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 6,688 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:
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- 12/16: 118 new cases today, for an updated total of 801 cases
- 12/17: 70 new cases today, for an updated total of 747 cases
- 12/18: 85 new cases today, for an updated total of 534 cases
- 12/19: 136 new cases today, for an updated total of 619 cases
- 12/20: 438 new cases
Test results for previous days are still being processed and the total number of new positives for those days are 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 one hundred and nine individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 52% being female and 48% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (224), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (144), Merrimack (81), Strafford (61), Belknap (56), Cheshire (26), Grafton (20), Carroll (13), Coos (12), and Sullivan (3) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (100) and Manchester (80). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-seven 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.
This story was originally published by InDepth NH.
