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NH DHHS Announces More Than 250 Providers Achieve Emergency Child Care Provider Designation

Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced that more than 250 child care programs statewide have been designated as emergency providers through the newly established Emergency Child Care Program (ECCP), created to support the families of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, there are 262 emergency child care programs serving more than 5,500 children across the state.

The Emergency Child Care Program is working through New Hampshire’s referral partner, Child Care Aware NH (CCAofNH), to match emergency child care providers with the families who need them.

For more information about the Emergency Child Care Collaborative, please visit http://nh.childcareaware.org/. For questions about the program, email ECCP@dhhs.gov. For more information on COVID-19, please visit www.nh.gov/covid19.

See the link to the Emergency Child Care Provider Map;

https://ccaoa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=99dd74aa32d04a54b72d8db40418f468

Governor Sununu Issued Emergency Orders 28, 29, 30.

Emergency Orders #28; Temporary non-congregate sheltering order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-media/emergency-orders/documents/emergency-order-28.pdf

Emergency Orders #29; Temporary modification to executive branch deadlines and requirements.

https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-media/emergency-orders/documents/emergency-order-29.pdf

Emergency Orders #30; Temporary requirements regarding healthcare provided in alternate settings.

https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-media/emergency-orders/documents/emergency-order-30.pdf

On Thursday, April 9, 2020, DHHS announced 31 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 819 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several of the new cases are still under investigation. Of those with complete information, all are adults with 58% being female and 42% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (9), Rockingham (7), Carroll (4), and Merrimack (3) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (4) and Nashua (4).

Hospitalizations

 

Nine new COVID-19-related hospitalizations were reported; thus far, 127 (16%) of the 819 positive cases have been hospitalized.

Community Based Transmission

Eleven of the new cases have no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to increase in the State and has been identified in all counties with cases. Most of the remaining cases have either had travel to domestic or international locations or have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.

 

Total number of cases with no identified risk factors is now more than 306, which is 37% of total positive tests. More than one out of three positive tests are community spread, with no identified risk factors.

Deaths

 

DHHS has also announced three additional deaths related to COVID-19.

• A male resident of Cheshire County, 60 years of age or older

• A male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age or older

• A male resident of Merrimack County, 60 years of age or older

Cases by County

Belknap 21

Carroll 27

Cheshire 14

Coos 1

Grafton 43

Hillsborough – Other 109

Hillsborough – Manchester 133

Hillsborough – Nashua 76

Merrimack 63

Rockingham 277

Strafford 49

Sullivan 6

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report

(data updated April 9, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-191 819

Recovered 234 (29%)

Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 21 (3%)

Total Current COVID-19 Cases 564

Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 127 (16%)

Persons Tested Negative at Selected Laboratories2 9,139

Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 4,669

Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 155

Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 2,325

Information above, and archived daily updates are available here: https://www.nh.gov/covid19/news/updates.htm

 

Regional Information (total positive test results, deaths)

 

NH: 819 positive test results 21 deaths (Previous day: 788 positive test results 18 deaths)

MA: 18,941 positive test results 503 deaths (Previous day: 16,790 positive test results 433 deaths)

ME: 560 positive test results 16 deaths (Previous day: 537 positive test results 14 deaths)

VT: 628 positive test results 23 deaths (Previous day: 605 positive test results 23 deaths)

CT: 9,784 positive test results 380 deaths (Previous day: 8,781 positive test results 335 deaths)

RI: 1,727 positive test results 43 deaths (Previous day: 1,450 positive test results 35 deaths)

NY: 159,937 positive test results 7067 deaths (Previous day: 149,401 positive test results 6268 deaths)