Seven more people in New Hampshire have died from complications of COVID-19, health officials said Saturday. This is the most deaths announced in a single day related to the coronavirus. Six of the deaths were of residents at institutions with outbreaks.>> Download the free WMUR appThe Department of Health and Human Services said all patients were 60 years of age or older. Three women and one man were residents of Strafford County. Two women and one man were residents of Hillsborough County.>> Coronavirus in NH: What you need to knowHealth officials announced there were 69 new positive COVID-19 test results, bringing the total number of cases to 1,787 with several cases still under investigation. Officials say there are 950 active cases of coronavirus in the state. Two of these new cases are in individuals under the age of 18.The new cases reside in Rockingham (26), Hillsborough County (27 including 12 in Manchester and 5 in Nashua), Merrimack (8), Strafford (3), Belknap (1) and Cheshire (1) counties. The county of residence is being determined for three new cases. 777 patients have recovered from COVID-19.>> Latest coronavirus coverage from WMURFourteen more hospitalized cases have been identified, for a total of 238 hospitalizations since the pandemic began. There are 95 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19, officials said.Health officials said nine of the new cases have no identified risk factors, indicating that community-based transmission of COVID-19 is continuing to increase in the state and has been identified in all counties with cases.Visit this link to see a town-by-town map showing the number of cases in each community.
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Seven more people in New Hampshire have died from complications of COVID-19, health officials said Saturday. This is the most deaths announced in a single day related to the coronavirus. Six of the deaths were of residents at institutions with outbreaks.
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The Department of Health and Human Services said all patients were 60 years of age or older. Three women and one man were residents of Strafford County. Two women and one man were residents of Hillsborough County.
>> Coronavirus in NH: What you need to know
Health officials announced there were 69 new positive COVID-19 test results, bringing the total number of cases to 1,787 with several cases still under investigation. Officials say there are 950 active cases of coronavirus in the state.
Two of these new cases are in individuals under the age of 18.
The new cases reside in Rockingham (26), Hillsborough County (27 including 12 in Manchester and 5 in Nashua), Merrimack (8), Strafford (3), Belknap (1) and Cheshire (1) counties. The county of residence is being determined for three new cases.
777 patients have recovered from COVID-19.
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Fourteen more hospitalized cases have been identified, for a total of 238 hospitalizations since the pandemic began. There are 95 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19, officials said.
Health officials said nine of the new cases have no identified risk factors, indicating that community-based transmission of COVID-19 is continuing to increase in the state and has been identified in all counties with cases.
Visit this link to see a town-by-town map showing the number of cases in each community.