Governors Office For Economic Relief and Recovery
GOFERR administers many relief programs and grants. They also work on other issues and you can participate. If you want information from GOFERR, you can submit inquiries at https://new-hampshire.secure.force.com/support/GOV_GOFERR_Inquiry
Virus Cases Are Soaring in Texas
New cases, hospitalizations and the percentage of positive tests have been on the rise for weeks, indicators that the coronavirus is spreading rapidly. Since late May, the average number of newly reported cases each day has more than doubled to about 3,500, up from 1,500. That is not just the result of more testing: The percentage of tests coming back positive has soared from 4.5 percent to about 9 percent. Hospitalizations are also on the rise. Texas has surpassed more than 100,000 cases, joining a small club of only six other states to do so — New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts and Florida. Read more at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/us/coronavirus-texas-abbott-masks.html
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NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – June 24, 2020
On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, DHHS announced 27 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 5,598 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there is one individual under the age of 18 and the rest are adults, with 70% being female and 30% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (5), Cheshire (2), Merrimack (2), Grafton (1), Rockingham (1), Strafford (1), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (11) and Nashua (2). The county of residence is being determined for one new case
Hospitalizations
No new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 558 (10%) of 5,598 cases.
Community Based Transmission
Two of the new cases had no identified risk factors.
Deaths
DHHS has also announced 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
• 1 male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
• 1 female resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
• 2 male residents of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
Cumulative Positive Tests by County
- Belknap 78
- Carroll 52
- Cheshire 66
- Coos 6
- Grafton 77
- Hillsborough – Other 1,089
- Hillsborough – Manchester 1489
- Hillsborough – Nashua 585
- Merrimack 400
- Rockingham 1443
- Strafford 286
- Sullivan 25
- County TBD 2
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated June 24, 2020, 9:00 AM)
- NH Persons with COVID-191 5,598
- Recovered 4,358 (78%)
- Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 347 (6%)
- Total Current COVID-19 Cases 893
- Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 558 (10%)
- Current Hospitalizations 49
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories,
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 111,566
- Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody
- Laboratory Tests 18,082
- Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 31,386
- Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL 155
- Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 3,400
Number of Specimens Tested by Date of Report to NH DHHS
Information above, and archived daily updates are available here: https://www.nh.gov/covid19/news/updates.htm
Regional Information (total positive test results, deaths)
Look-back period is 1 week.
NH: 5,598 positive test results 347 deaths (1 week ago: 5,436 positive test results 330 deaths) (+162/+17)
MA: 107,611 positive test results 7,937 deaths (1 week ago: 106,151 positive test results 7733 deaths) (+1460/+204)
ME: 3,017 positive test results 103 deaths (1 week ago: 2,836 positive test results 102 deaths)
VT: 1,184 positive test results 56 deaths (1 week ago: 1130 positive test results 55 deaths)
CT: 45,913 positive test results 4,287 deaths (1 week ago: 45,429 positive test results 4219 deaths)
RI: 16,606 positive test results 912 deaths (1 week ago: 16,213 positive test results 876 deaths)
NY: 394,430 positive test results 31,001 deaths (1 week ago: 389,910 positive test results 30,722 deaths) (+4,520/+279)
NH State Representative Steven Smith 
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