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NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – August 11th, 2020

On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, DHHS announced 21 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,861 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, all are adults with 33% being female and 67% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (7), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (3), Cheshire (2), Strafford (2), Grafton (1), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (3) and Nashua (2).

Hospitalizations

One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 705 (10%) of 6,861 cases.

Community Based Transmission

Three of the new cases had no identified risk factors.

Deaths

No additional deaths were reported by DHHS.

Cumulative Positive Tests by County

• Belknap 115
• Carroll 94
• Cheshire 101
• Coos 17
• Grafton 104
• Hillsborough – Other 1,246
• Hillsborough – Manchester 1838
• Hillsborough – Nashua 779
• Merrimack 466
• Rockingham 1698
• Strafford 362
• Sullivan 41

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

(data updated August 12th, 2020, 9:00 AM)

• NH Persons with COVID-191 6,861
• Recovered 6,126 (89%)
• Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 419 (6%)
• Total Current COVID-19 Cases 316
• Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 705 (10%)
• Current Hospitalizations 21

Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories,

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 175,399
• Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody
• Laboratory Tests 28,105
• Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 38,825
• Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL 769
• Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 2,850

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: 6,861 positive test results 419 deaths  (1 week ago: 6,693 positive test results 418 deaths) (+168/+1)

MA: 121,707  positive test results 8751 deaths (1 week ago: 119,203  positive test results 8657 deaths) (+2504/+94)

ME: 4,050 positive test results 126 deaths (1 week ago: 3,975 positive test results 123 deaths)

VT: 1,472 positive test results 58 deaths (1 week ago: 1,431 positive test results 57 deaths)

CT:  50,684  positive test results 4,444 deaths (1 week ago: 50,110  positive test results 4,437 deaths)

RI: 20,053 positive test results 1016 deaths (1 week ago: 19,390 positive test results 1011 deaths)

NY:  426,713 positive test results 32,372 deaths (1 week ago: 422,296 positive test results 32,422 deaths) (+4,417/-50)