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NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – October 22nd, 2020
On Thursday, October 22, 2020, DHHS announced 82 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 0.8%. Today’s results include 58 people who tested positive by PCR test and 24 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 832 current COVID-19 cases 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 twelve individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (28), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (14), Merrimack (7), Strafford (6), Coos (2), Grafton (2), Sullivan (2), Belknap (1), and Cheshire (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (8) and Nashua (8). The county of residence is being determined for three new cases.
Cumulative Positive Tests by County
- Belknap 202
- Carroll 137
- Cheshire 178
- Coos 36
- Grafton 189
- Hillsborough – Other 1,782
- Hillsborough – Manchester 2316
- Hillsborough – Nashua 1,130
- Merrimack 814
- Rockingham 2,452
- Strafford 671
- Sullivan 72
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated as of October 22, 2020 – 9:00 AM)
| Number of Persons with COVID-19 1 | 9,994 |
|---|---|
| Recovered | 8,692 (87%) |
| Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 470 (5%) |
| Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 832 |
| Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 | 765 (8%) |
| Current Hospitalizations | 18 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2 | 323,173 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2 | 31,879 |
| Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 50,751 |
| Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 | 417 |
| Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) | 4,200 |
1 Includes specimens positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.
2 Includes specimens tested at the NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL), LabCorp, Quest, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, and those sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.
3 Includes specimens received and awaiting testing at NH PHL. Does not include tests pending at commercial laboratories.
NH State Representative Steven Smith 
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