NH Coronavirus Data Update: 9 More Deaths; 47 New Positive Cases

CONCORD, NH — An anomaly of sorts occurred Wednesday in New Hampshire's tracking of the new coronavirus data: The state reached its highest percentage of deaths of all cases and the highest percentage of recoveries since the tracking began in March.

The state announced nine more deaths related in some form to COVID-19 bringing the number of fatalities in the state to 265 or 5.5 percent of the 4,795 accumulative infections being tracked since early March. All nine people, five women and three men from Hillsborough County and a man from Merrimack County, were all 60 years of age or older.

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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Service also announced 47 new infections in the state. Investigations on all but one of the new cases have been completed with 57 percent being women and 43 percent men. The state said 16 reside in Rockingham County, 13 live in Hillsborough County outside of Manchester and Nashua, seven live in the Queen City, six live in the Gate City, and one lives in Merrimack County.

Six of the new positive patients needed hospitalization bringing the total number of people receiving care currently at 95 with 468 people or just less than 10 percent accessing more extensive care.

Only four of the new cases had no identified risk factors with most of the remaining people catching the new coronavirus due to travel or exposure to a positive case.

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The state also announced that 3,157 people have officially recovered from COVID-19 or 65.8 percent of all cases — the highest percentage of cases to date, too.

Approximately 4,050 people are under public health monitoring while the state and commercial labs have performed 90,222 tests. Of those tests, 85,427 or 94.7 percent offered a negative result.

About 1,400 tests were performed Tuesday with the daily average slipping to 1,967 tests.

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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