Coronavirus Cases, Deaths, Hospitalizations In NH Trending Down

CONCORD, NH — While announcements of positive patients, deaths, and hospitalizations continue to fluctuate daily, 14-day indicators, used by health officials to see how the state is fairing in its work to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, are continuing to show positive signs.

State health officials announced Monday that no new deaths have been reported and only 39 new positive patients have contracted COVID-19 — even though more than 2,060 tests were taken Sunday. Health officials said during a news conference that there was no evidence of outbreaks or surges based on the slow reopening of the state's economy.

All the new positive cases were adults with 69 percent women and 31 percent men. Twelve of the patients live in Manchester, eight reside in Rockingham County, seven live in Hillsborough County outside of Manchester and Nashua, six live in Nashua, and four live in Merrimack County.

Five of the new cases required hospitalization while 98 remain in care and a little less than 10 percent of all cases in the state have required hospital care.

Only one of the cases has no identified risk factors with most of the remaining cases contracted the virus due to travel or being exposed to other positive patients, according to the state.

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Approximately 4,000 Granite Staters are under public health monitoring.

Since late January, the state has conducted more than 88,500 tests including more than 74,999 polymerase chain reaction nasal swab tests and around 12,050 antibody tests.

Nearly 84,000 tests have offered a negative result or more than 94.7 percent of all tests.

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Two-week indicators of daily positive case counts, fatalities, and new hospitalizations, as well as 14-day recovery numbers. Credit: Tony Schinella

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.
• To access the state's COVID-19 data dashboard, click on this link here.

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