10 More In New Hampshire Die Due To The New Coronavirus

CONCORD, NH — Ten more New Hampshire residents, all 60 years of age or older, have died directly due to or as a complication of the new coronavirus, according to the State Joint Information Center.

Five men and two women lived in Hillsborough County while three men resided in Rockingham County. So far, 182 people or 5 percent of infections have died.

"We offer our sympathies to the family and friends," the state said Tuesday.

Along with the new deaths, 69 more positive test results for COVID-19 were announced by the state including two children. Sixty-four percent of the cases with completed investigations were women while 35 percent were men. The new cases brings the accumulative number of positive patients to 3,721, with 1,275 people or 34 percent recovering from the virus.

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The worst of the pandemic is still centered around Hillsborough and Rockingham counties. Forty-two of the new cases live in Hillsborough County while 20 reside in Rockingham County. No new cases were reported in Merrimack County. The state is trying to determine where two new patients live as well as nine other cases.

According to the state, 15 of the new cases were hospitalized with 105 currently still in the hospital.

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Community-based transmission is still occurring in some parts of the state. Six of the new cases have no identified risk factors, according to investigators. Most of the rest of the cases have either traveled internationally or domestically or been in close contact with a person who contracted the virus.

On Monday, only 1,400 tests were gathered, according to the latest data, which drove the daily average below 2,100. The nearly 1,300 polymerase chain reaction tests, ones that use a nasal swab to gather specimens, pushed the total number of PCR tests to 50,888, according to the state. Less than 200 antibody tests were collected Monday. More than 6,600 have been collected during the past few weeks.

Approximately 3,775 are under public health monitoring by the state with 54,645 or around 93.6 percent testing negative for COVID-19.

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.

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