A lot of people in NH are self employed in an organization of one person. Realtors, contractors, etc. all can fall into this category. Today is the very last day for people who are in this category to apply for business assistance grants. No applications will be accepted late, so if you even suspect you qualify, apply today by 4PM. ~ Steve
New Hampshire Self Employed Livelihood Fund (SELF) Frequently Asked Questions
New Hampshire Self Employed Livelihood Fund (SELF) – Apply Here
Deadline is Today for NH self-employed businesses to apply for coronavirus relief money
Questions to state health officials focus on children as school year nears
Sununu doles out more COVID-19 aid for college students, foster kids
New funding for businesses, colleges announced as NH COVID-19 numbers remain low
https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-coronavirus-update-july-16-2020/33335721
Bill may cement telehealth coverage
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Access-to-Telemedicine-35193766
Sununu says schools must be in charge of reopening decisions
https://www.wmur.com/article/sununu-says-schools-must-be-in-charge-of-reopening-decisions/33341043
School districts put together transportation plans
https://www.wmur.com/article/school-districts-put-together-transportation-plans/33340829
New funds for businesses, public universities, foster care
https://apnews.com/46ef312b97cf7f35206039faee6ca25e
NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – July 16th, 2020
On Thursday, July 16, 2020, DHHS announced 27 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,139 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 are two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 65% being female and 35% being male. The new cases reside Rockingham (7), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (4), Belknap (2), Cheshire (1), Grafton (1), Merrimack (1), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the city of Manchester (10).
Hospitalizations
No new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 668 (11%) of 6,139 cases.
Community Based Transmission
Five of the new cases had no identified risk factors.
Deaths
DHHS has also announced one additional death related to COVID-19.
• 1 female resident of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older
Cumulative Positive Tests by County
- Belknap 95
- Carroll 69
- Cheshire 79
- Coos 11
- Grafton 97
- Hillsborough – Other 1,165
- Hillsborough – Manchester 1622
- Hillsborough – Nashua 681
- Merrimack 435
- Rockingham 1541
- Strafford 307
- Sullivan 37
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated July 16, 2020, 9:00 AM)
- NH Persons with COVID-191 6,139
- Recovered 5,136 (84%)
- Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 395 (6%)
- Total Current COVID-19 Cases 608
- Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 668 (11%)
- Current Hospitalizations 22
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories,
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 140,220
- Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody
- Laboratory Tests 24,868
- Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 34,099
- Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL 790
- Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 3,575
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: 6,139 positive test results 395 deaths (1 week ago: 5,973 positive test results 387 deaths) (+161/+8)
MA: 112,581 positive test results 8380 deaths (1 week ago: 110,897 positive test results 8268 deaths) (+1745/+125)
ME: 3,598 positive test results 114 deaths (1 week ago: 3,486 positive test results 111 deaths)
VT: 1,325 positive test results 56 deaths (1 week ago: 1,272 positive test results 56 deaths)
CT: 47,750 positive test results 4,389 deaths (1 week ago: 47,209 positive test results 4,348 deaths)
RI: 17,711 positive test results 988 deaths (1 week ago: 17,243 positive test results 974 deaths)
NY: 409,476 positive test results 32,133 deaths (1 week ago: 404,207 positive test results 31,979 deaths) (+5,090/+170)
NH State Representative Steven Smith 
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