Active New Coronavirus Cases Dip To 360 In New Hampshire: Data

CONCORD, NH — Another person has died due to the new coronavirus, according to the State Joint Information Center.

The woman, who lived in Cheshire County, was 80 years of age or older and brings the fatality count to 418 or about 6 percent of all cases in New Hampshire.

State health officials reported 33 new positive COVID-19 tests Tuesday including five children. Of the cases, 52 percent were men and 48 percent female. Twelve of the new cases reside in Rockingham County while five live in Manchester, four in Nashua, and three in Hillsborough County outside of Manchester and Nashua.

The 12 cases in Rockingham County appear to be spread out throughout the county and not in one community when compared to data dashboard information from Monday. The only anomaly appears to be Windham, which went from 1 to 4 cases to five. Candia, Newton, North Hampton, and Seabrook though all went from 1 to 4 cases to zero. The county also dropped its active cases from 104 to 100 — meaning 16 people in the county recovered from the virus during the past 24 hours.

The cases bring the state to 6,693 infections since March 1 while, at the same time, 5,915 have recovered from the virus or about 88 percent of all patients.

Currently, only 360 patients are infected — the lowest number of active positive cases in New Hampshire since April 2.

Only one of the new 33 cases required hospitalization while five of the cases had no identified risk factors. There are 23 people in the hospital currently.

On Monday, slightly less than 1,800 people were tested with 193,484 tests submitted since January. Of those tests, more than 96.5 percent were negative.

About 2,975 people are under public health monitoring in New Hampshire currently.

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.

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