COVID Summary for 4/8

Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald is warning about a wave of COVID-19 related scams surrounding federal stimulus payments.

Do not engage with callers or emails from unrecognized sources.

For more information about Scams and how to protect yourself,

See www.doj.nh.gov/covid-19-scams/

I have heard a lot of comments about this being the “new normal”. I disagree. This is something to get through so that we can genuinely return to normal. Please don’t be quite so accepting. There are some things we could do differently though, after we return to normal. I remember being a kid in the 1970’s and getting sick. Doctors still made house calls back then. You were put in your room. My Mom made sure that I only used my own towel in the bathroom. Landry was kept separate. There were a lot of precautions taken, and we were far from germophobes. Maybe we have better drugs now, so we don’t have to be quite so careful. Nonetheless, don’t accept what were doing now as the new normal. Do work hard to get through by complying, and thinking about what reasonable things we can do in the future to slow the spread of any disease. ~ Steve

Worth Watching:
NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – April 8, 2020 
On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, DHHS announced 41 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 788 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several of the new cases are still under investigation. Of those with complete information, there is 1 female under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 46% being female and 51% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (13), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (7), Merrimack (4), Carroll (4), Grafton (2), Strafford (2), and Cheshire (1), counties, and in the cities of Manchester (6) and Nashua (2).
Hospitalizations
 

Ten new COVID-19-related hospitalizations were reported; thus far, 118 (15%) of the 788 positive cases have been hospitalized.

Community Based Transmission

Seventeen 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.

 
Total number of cases with no identified risk factors is now more than 295, which is 37% of total positive tests. More than one out of three positive tests are community spread, with no identified risk factors.
Deaths
 

DHHS has also announced five additional deaths related to COVID-19. These were two males and two females all 60 years of age or older from Hillsborough County and one male who was 60 years of age or older from Merrimack County.

Cases by County

Belknap 21

Carroll 23
Cheshire 14
Coos 1
Grafton 43
Hillsborough – Other 100
Hillsborough – Manchester 129
Hillsborough – Nashua 74
Merrimack 60
Rockingham 268
Strafford 48
Sullivan 6

County TBD 1

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

(data updated April 8, 2020, 9:00 AM)

NH Persons with COVID-191 788
Recovered 227 (29%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 18 (2%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases 542
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 118 (15%)
Persons Tested Negative at Selected Laboratories2 8,763
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 4,476
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 143

Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 2,300

 
 
NH: 788 positive test results 18 deaths (Previous day: 747 positive test results 13 deaths)
MA: 16,790 positive test results 433 deaths (Previous day: 15,202 positive test results 356 deaths)
ME: 537 positive test results 14 deaths (Previous day: 519 positive test results 12 deaths)
VT: 605 positive test results 23 deaths (Previous day: 575 positive test results 23 deaths)
CT: 8,781 positive test results 335 deaths (Previous day: 7,781 positive test results 277 deaths)
RI:  1,450 positive test results 35 deaths (Previous day: 1229 positive test results 30 deaths)
NY: 149,401 positive test results 6268 deaths (Previous day: 140,081 positive test results 5563 deaths)
April 8 Case Map
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COVID Summary for 4/7

new COVID-19 dashboard is available from a NH company based in Exeter. This dashboard has great graphics and several links to other relevant sites. Chris Dowd of Stratus Mobile GIS  tries to update it ASAP when DHHS publishes their data.

See the link below;

NH COVID-19 produced by Stratus Mobile GIS

If you want to see the worldwide picture, Johns  Hopkins has a global dashboard:

Concord, NH – Today, Governor Chris Sununu sent a letter to Senate President Donna Soucy and House Speaker Steve Shurtleff outlining the formation of the Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR). This office will be similar to Governor John Lynch’s New Hampshire Office of Economic Stimulus.

“Unlike the 2009 stimulus investment process that used the budget to ensure legislative input, the urgency and timing of this crisis does not allow for that course of action,” said Governor Chris Sununu. “We are creating a bipartisan Legislative Advisory Board within GOFERR to ensure transparency and input to the process. It is important that this process has as much accountability, transparency, and integrity as possible, and I look forward to having legislative leadership advise this critically important office.”

GOFERR will be charged with the investment and oversight of COVID19 relief and stimulus funds provided to New Hampshire by the federal government. The office will manage the accounting, auditing, legal, and IT requirements surrounding these investments and will ensure transparency and accountability metrics to the citizens of New Hampshire for all relief and stimulus efforts.

A copy of the letter can be found here.

Governor Chris Sununu Lauds Allstate as Company Announces a $2.3 million Payback to Granite Staters

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – April 7, 2020 
On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, DHHS announced 32 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 747 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. Several of the new cases are still under investigation. Of those with complete information, all are adults with 53% being female and 47% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (8), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (6), Merrimack (4), and Belknap (3) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (7) and Nashua (3). The county of residence is being determined for one new case.
Hospitalizations
 

Three new COVID-19-related hospitalizations were reported; thus far, 108 (14%) of the 747 positive cases have been hospitalized.

Community Based Transmission

Twenty-one 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.

 
Total number of cases with no identified risk factors is now more than 278, which is 39% of total positive tests. More than one out of three positive tests are community spread, with no identified risk factors.
Deaths
 

DHHS has also announced four additional deaths related to COVID-19. These were three males and one female, all 60 years of age or older. Two were residents of Hillsborough County, one was a resident of Cheshire County, and one was a resident of Rockingham County

Cases by County

Belknap 21

Carroll 19
Cheshire 13
Coos 1
Grafton 41
Hillsborough – Other 93
Hillsborough – Manchester 123
Hillsborough – Nashua 72
Merrimack 56
Rockingham 255
Strafford 46
Sullivan 6

County TBD 1

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated April 7, 2020, 9:00 AM)
NH Persons with COVID-191 747
Recovered 211 (28%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 13 (2%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases 523
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 108 (14%)
Persons Tested Negative at Selected Laboratories2 8,389
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 4,312
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3 89

Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 2,200

 
 
NH: 747 positive test results 13 deaths (Previous day: 715 positive – 9 deaths)
MA:  15,202 positive test results 356 deaths (Previous day: 13,837  positive – 260 deaths)
ME: 519 positive test results 12 deaths (Previous day: 499  positive – 10 deaths)
VT: 575 positive test results 23 deaths (Previous day: 543 positive – 23 deaths)
CT: 7,781 positive test results 277 deaths (Previous day: 6,906 positive – 206 death)
RI:  1229 positive test results 30 deaths (Previous day: 1,082 positive – 27 deaths)
NY: 140,081 positive test results 5563 deaths (Previous day: 130,703  positive – 4758 deaths)

April 7 Case Map

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Information for affected small businesses

sba

Since my last information regarding the Payroll Protection Act, the federal government has made some changes to the program.

Below is the latest about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The biggest change since our last email about the program was an interest rate change of 0.5% to 1.0%. 

COVID-19 ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN APPLICATION

Inc.com has a good article with a few of the biggest changes listed: https://www.inc.com/brit-morse/paycheck-protection-program-temporary-changes-cares-act-small-business-loans.html

Here is the 31 page document from the SBA of all the latest changes: https://content.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/PPP–IFRN%20FINAL.pdf

U.S. Department of the Treasury PPP Borrowers Information Sheet: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PPP–Fact-Sheet.pdf

Small Business Administration PPP Information Sheet : https://www.sba.com/funding-a-business/government-small-business-loans/ppp/

 

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