NH State Representative Steven Smith

COVID Summary for 4/22

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Rep. Steven Smith

DHHS has issued the COVID-19 Weekly Summary Report, which includes additional epidemiological and demographic data. The COVID-19 Weekly Summary Report for the week of April 20 is attached and available at https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/covid19/covid-weekly-report-04202020.pdf

Worth Watching:

State epidemiologist answers viewer questions regarding COVID-19

On Tuesday evening State Epidemiologst Benjamin Chan again answered questions on WMUR. You can watch all three parts below:

Worth Reading:

WMUR: Educational resources for online learning during coronavirus crisis in New Hampshire

WMUR has compiled a list of educational resources that will assist families in continuing their children’s education while working from home. You can view them at the link below:Link: Educational resources for online learning during coronavirus crisis in New Hampshire

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – April 22, 2020

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, DHHS announced 99 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 1,588 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 23 individuals under the age of 18, and the rest are adults with 59% being female and 41% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (27), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (10), Strafford (6), Merrimack (4), and Cheshire (3) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (38) and Nashua (5). The county of residence is being determined for 6 new cases.

Hospitalizations

Seven new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 213 (13%) of 1,588 cases.

Community Based Transmission

Just five of the new cases have no identified risk factors, making this the 8th consecutive day where less than 20% of new cases have no attributed risk factors, and the 3rd consecutive day of less than 10%.

Deaths

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

• Two male residents of Rockingham County, both 60 years of age or older

• Three male residents of Hillsborough County, all 60 years of age or older

• One female resident of Strafford County who was 60 years of age or older

Cases by County

Belknap 28

Carroll 30

Cheshire 33

Coos 2

Grafton 45

Hillsborough – Other 210

Hillsborough – Manchester 326

Hillsborough – Nashua 145

Merrimack 105

Rockingham 519

Strafford 118

Sullivan 10

County TBD 17

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

(data updated April 22, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-191 1,588

Recovered 550 (35%)

Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 48 (3%)

Total Current COVID-19 Cases 990

Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 213 (13%)

Current Hospitalizations2 91

Persons Tested Negative at Selected Laboratories3 14,424

Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 7,192

Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL4 265

Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 2,550

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 now 1 week.

NH: 1,588 positive test results 48 deaths (1 week ago: 1,139 positive test results 32 deaths)

MA: 42,944 positive test results 2182 deaths (1 week ago: 29,918 positive test results 1108 deaths)

ME: 907 positive test results 39 deaths (1 week ago: 759 positive test results 30 deaths)

VT: 823 positive test results 40 deaths (1 week ago: 752 positive test results 29 deaths )

CT: 22,469 positive test results 1544 deaths (1 week ago: 14,755 positive test results 868 deaths)

RI: 5,841 positive test results 181 deaths (1 week ago: 3,251 positive test results 87 deaths)

NY: 257,246 positive test results 15,302 deaths (1 week ago: 213,779 positive test results 11,586 deaths)

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New Hampshire

Weekly Summary Report – April 20, 2020

SUMMARY OF PERSONS WITH COVID-19 INFECTIONS		Total
Total Number of Persons with COVID-19 Infections		1,447
Recovered		521 (36%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19		42 (3%)
Hospitalized with COVID-19		201 (14%)
Sex (male / female)	664	(46%) / 782	(54%)
Healthcare Worker		471 (33%)
Age Group (in years)
0 – 9		6 (<1%)
10 – 19		44 (3%)
20 – 29		197 (14%)
30 – 39		218 (15%)
40 – 49		211 (15%)
50 – 59		301 (21%)
60 – 69		221 (15%)
70 – 79		112 (8%)
80 +		136 (9%)
Risk Information
Contact with Someone Infected with COVID-19		243 (17%)
Community Transmission		399 (28%)
International or Domestic Travel		382 (26%)
Cluster-associated*		361 (25%)
Unclear or Unknown		62 (4%)

*Cluster-associated: 3 or more cases within a workplace or facility with evidence of transmission occurring within that location.
Race/Ethnicity Identified COVID-19 Cases

80% of total cases have known Race/Ethnicity data.

Race/Ethnicity	Cases	Percent (%)	Percent of NH Population⁴
White²	937	81.0%	90.0%
Hispanic/Latino’	70	6.1%	3.9%
Black or African American²	63	5.4%	1.4%
Other³	51	4.4%	1.8%
Asian²	37	3.2%	3.0%
Total Cases with Race/Ethnicity Information	1,158

¹ Hispanic/Latino includes people of any race.

² All other races are non-Hispanic/Latino or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity unknown.

³ Other includes non-Hispanic: American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Other race alone, or two or more races.

⁴ Census Bureau Population Estimates 7/1/18 from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-statedetail.html. Analysis by K.M. Johnson, Demographer, Univ of New Hampshire, 4/19/20.

Note: Percentages may not exactly equal 100% due to rounding.

*Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 Cases by County**	Total COVID-19 Infections
Belknap	26 (2%)
Carroll	30 (2%)
Cheshire	30 (2%)
Coos	2 (<1%)
Grafton	45 (3%)
Hillsborough County	604 (42%)
Hillsborough – *Outside Manchester and Nashua*	*197*
Hillsborough- *Manchester*	*272*
Hillsborough- *Nashua*	*135*
Merrimack	96 (7%)
Rockingham	489 (34%)
Strafford	111 (8%)
Sullivan	10 (1%)
Unknown	4 (<1%)
Total	1,447

* Based on County of residence not location of illness acquisition, receipt of healthcare, or hospitalization.

Epidemic Curve: Onset of Illness Among Persons with Laboratory-Confirmed
COVID-19 in New Hampshire (n = 1,315)

curve

Period of of Uncertainty: People infected during this time may not yet be symptomatic and reported. This time period is estimated to be approximately 3 weeks. This includes the time between becoming exposed to the virus and developing illness, which is between 2 to 14 days (typically 5-6 days) and the time from illness onset to the illness being reported to the health department (typically within about 7 days).

0423dash

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

COVID Summary for 4/21

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Rep. Steven Smith

NH Banker’s Association: PPP Depleted, but Thousands of Small Businesses Have Benefitted

According to a press release from the NH Banker’s Association, the SBA reports that 11,582 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) have been approved by all lenders in NH. These loans are totaling over $2 billion.

The NH Banker’s Association reports that as of April 16th, 30 of the 36 members of the Association have provided the following data:

# of PPP loans approved: 7,408
Value of PPP loans approved: $1,521,120,749
Jobs saved: 38,361

As of this afternoon, the Senate has reached a deal to that would allocate $320 billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program, per CNBC.

Link: NH Banker’s Association Press Release

WMUR: Unemployment payments go out to tens of thousands of Granite Staters

“Help is on the way for those struggling with unemployment in New Hampshire, as state officials said more than 50,000 payments were sent out Tuesday morning, including the $600 per week stipend from the federal government.”

“Many people who have applied for benefits have continued to express frustrations with the system, experiencing long delays on the phone as they wait to get their questions answered. Lavers said the state doubled its call center capacity over the weekend, so wait times should decrease.”

“”Folks can go back later in the day, I would say after 5 o’clock,” he said. “We are open until 8 o’clock to answer those calls.””

Link: Unemployment payments go out to tens of thousands of Granite Staters

The Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR), will hold a meeting of the Legislative Advisory Board Wednesday 22, 2020.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

GOFERR Meeting of the Legislative Advisory Board

1:00 PM

Call-in: 800-356-8278

PIN: 389388

Worth Watching:

Worth Reading:

dashb421

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – April 21, 2020

On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, DHHS announced 44 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 1,491 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation. Any additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, all are adults with 55% being female and 45% being male. The new cases reside in Merrimack (5), Rockingham (4), and Belknap (2), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (2), and Strafford (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (14) and Nashua (4). The county of residence is being determined for twelve new cases.

Hospitalizations

Five new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 206 (14%) of 1,491 cases.

Community Based Transmission

Three of the new cases have no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to occur throughout the State and has been identified in all counties with cases. 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.

Deaths

DHHS reported no new deaths attributable to COVID-19 in yesterday’s data.

Cases by County

Belknap 28

Carroll 30

Cheshire 30

Coos 2

Grafton 45

Hillsborough – Other 200

Hillsborough – Manchester 287

Hillsborough – Nashua 139

Merrimack 101

Rockingham 493

Strafford 112

Sullivan 10

County TBD 14

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

(data updated April 21, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-191 1,491

Recovered 546 (37%)

Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 42 (3%)

Total Current COVID-19 Cases 903

Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 206 (14%)

Current Hospitalizations 94

Persons Tested Negative at Selected Laboratories 13,550

Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 6,874

Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL4 225

Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 2,450

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 now 1 week.

NH: 1,491 positive test results 42 deaths (1 week ago: 1,091 positive test results 27 deaths)

MA: 41,199 positive test results 1961 deaths (1 week ago: 28,163 positive test results 957 deaths)

ME: 888 positive test results 36 deaths (1 week ago: 734 positive test results 20 deaths)

VT: 818 positive test results 40 deaths (1 week ago: 752 positive test results 29 deaths )

CT: 20,360 positive test results 1423 deaths (1 week ago: 13,989 positive test results 671 deaths)

RI: 5,500 positive test results 171 deaths (1 week ago: 3,251 positive test results 80 deaths)

NY: 251,720 positive test results 14,828 deaths (1 week ago: 202,208 positive test results 10,834 deaths)

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

COVID Summary for 4/20

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Rep. Steven Smith

I had more unemployment questions this week. Most were regarding the stimulus checks and the federal unemployment program for people who don’t qualify for regular unemployment. This is from the Dept. of Employment Security:

“Regarding the Federal stimulus payments of $1,200 per individual, please note these are NOT considered wages and do NOT need to be reported for purposes of determining either your initial or weekly eligibility for purposes of calculating unemployment benefits.”

Some were nervous about not be able to file continuing claims. After being denied for monetary ineligibility, it tells you to file claims every week, but the system doesn’t let you. This is from Employment Security Deputy Commissioner Richard Lavers:

“If you are denied for insufficient earnings you will receive a denial and will be unable to file your continued claims. This is ok and you do not need to do anything. We will review your claim for PUA eligibility and will back date your claim to cover any payable weeks.”

Worth Watching:

Worth Reading:

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – April 20, 2020

On Monday, April 20, 2020, DHHS announced 56 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 1,447 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several cases are still under investigation. Any additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, all are adults with 64% being female and 36% being male. The new cases reside in Strafford (17), Rockingham (9), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (6), Cheshire (1), and Merrimack (1) counties and in the cities of Manchester (14) and Nashua (5). The county of residence is being determined for three new cases.

Hospitalizations

Three new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 201 (14%) of 1,447 cases.

Community Based Transmission

Two 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

Deaths

DHHS has also announced one additional death related to COVID-19, a female resident of Rockingham County who was 60 years of age or older.

Cases by County

Belknap 26

Carroll 30

Cheshire 30

Coos 2

Grafton 45

Hillsborough – Other 197

Hillsborough – Manchester 272

Hillsborough – Nashua 135

Merrimack 96