New Hampshire Has Another 233 Positive COVID-19 Cases, 3 Deaths

CONCORD, NH — Another 233 people in New Hampshire, including 28 children, have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and three more people have died, the State Joint Information Center reported on Wednesday.

Of the new cases, a little more than half were female and several more cases are still being investigated. The state has 2,394 cases currently. All three of the new deaths reported on Wednesday involved people 60 years or older, including a female from Coos County and a male and a female from Sullivan County.

The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (38), Rockingham (37), Merrimack (24), Belknap (17), Coos (14), Strafford (13), Cheshire (9), Grafton (9), Sullivan (5), and Carroll (4) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (20) and Nashua (15). The county of residence is being determined for twenty- eight new cases.

On Wednesday, Gov. Chris Sununu told reporters that the numbers being seen across the Granite State are reminiscent of those that were seen earlier in the pandemic. And while much of the country is experiencing a rise in positive cases, the governor did not specify what would need to happen for him to consider shutting down aspects of the state in the coming days and weeks.

“There is no single metric or threshold in terms of pulling this back other than we can be very strategic in terms of how we do it,” Sununu said. “We can look at schools, we can look at businesses, we can look at individual business sectors – congregate settings, large groups – we can look at the data around those situations very carefully to say well here is where the virus is being transmitted.”

There were four new hospitalizations and 69 people are currently hospitalized. All of the completed case investigations show the patients were infected due to being associated with an outbreak setting or in contact with a confirmed coronavirus case.

Since the start of the pandemic 13,148 people have contracted the virus while nearly 10,262 or about 78 percent have recovered. About 370,601 Granite Staters have been tested via PCR test while 32,489 have been tested by antibody test. More than 663,000 PCR tests have been administered in New Hampshire. Approximately 5,650 people are under public health monitoring by the state.

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Stop 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.
• When you can't practice 6 feet of social distancing, wear a face covering.
• Anyone who is told to self-quarantine and stay at home due to exposure to a person with confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 needs to stay home and not go out into public places.
• If you are 60 years or older or have chronic and underlying health conditions, you need to stay home and not go out.
• Avoid gatherings of 10 people or more.
• Employers should work from home as much as possible.
• There is increasing evidence that the virus can survive for hours or possibly days on surfaces. 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.
• Wear a face covering.
• 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.
• To access the state's COVID-19 Interactive Map Dashboard, click on this link here.