NH State Representative Steven Smith

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

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-self-employed-businesses-can-now-apply-for-coronavirus-relief-money/33232390

Questions to state health officials focus on children as school year nears

https://www.wmur.com/article/questions-to-state-health-officials-focus-on-children-as-school-year-nears/33340980

Sununu doles out more COVID-19 aid for college students, foster kids

https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/coronavirus/sununu-doles-out-more-covid-19-aid-for-college-students-foster-kids/article_844023e0-8e17-5763-af66-e99d7f971cdf.html

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)

 

Live at 3: Governor holding latest briefing about NH’s COVID-19 response

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-coronavirus-update-july-16-2020/33335721

Two deaths related to COVID-19 announced in NH, both tied to long-term care facilities

https://www.wmur.com/article/two-deaths-related-to-covid-19-announced-in-nh-both-tied-to-long-term-care-facilities/33329228

Education commissioner says school reopening guidelines intended to be flexible

https://www.wmur.com/article/education-commissioner-says-school-reopening-guidelines-intended-to-be-flexible/33328824

NH school districts working on plans to prepare for return of students

https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-school-districts-working-on-plans-to-prepare-for-return-of-students/33328155

New Hampshire’s school re-opening guidelines: A breakdown

https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-s-school-re-opening-guidelines-A-breakdown-35234490

University of New Hampshire outlines new protocols for reopening this fall

https://www.wmur.com/article/university-of-new-hampshire-outlines-new-protocols-for-reopening-this-fall/33330360

State asks Trump to extend National Guard’s COVID-19 deployment

https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/coronavirus/state-asks-trump-to-extend-national-guards-covid-19-deployment/article_ac3e81a5-76eb-5145-aa18-8ffca57a7774.html?block_id=664693

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – July 15th, 2020

On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, DHHS announced 24 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,113 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 62% being female and 38% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (4), Rockingham (3), Grafton (2), Merrimack (2), Belknap (1), Carroll (1), and Cheshire (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (8) and Nashua (2).

Hospitalizations

Three new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 668 (11%) of 6,113 cases.

Community Based Transmission

 Four of the new cases had no identified risk factors.

Deaths

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

• 2 female residents of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older

Cumulative Positive Tests by County

• Belknap 93
• Carroll 69
• Cheshire 78
• Coos 11
• Grafton 96
• Hillsborough – Other 1,162
• Hillsborough – Manchester 1611
• Hillsborough – Nashua 682
• Merrimack 434
• Rockingham 1534
• Strafford 306
• Sullivan 37

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

(data updated July 14, 2020, 9:00 AM)

• NH Persons with COVID-191 6,113
• Recovered 5,125 (84%)
• Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 394 (6%)
• Total Current COVID-19 Cases 594
• Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 668 (11%)
• Current Hospitalizations 24

Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories,

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 138,272
• Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody
• Laboratory Tests 21,942
• Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 33,874
• Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL 1,060
• 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: 6,113 positive test results 394 deaths  (1 week ago: 5,952 positive test results 386 deaths) (+161/+8)

MA: 112,347  positive test results 8368 deaths (1 week ago: 110,602  positive test results 8,243 deaths) (+1745/+125)

ME: 3,578 positive test results 114 deaths (1 week ago: 3,460 positive test results 110 deaths)

VT: 1,318 positive test results 56 deaths (1 week ago: 1,256 positive test results 56 deaths)

CT:  47,636  positive test results 4,380 deaths (1 week ago: 47,108  positive test results 4,343 deaths)

RI: 17,640 positive test results 987 deaths (1 week ago: 17,204 positive test results 971 deaths)

NY:  408,709 positive test results 32,115 deaths (1 week ago: 403,619 positive test results 31,945 deaths) (+5,090/+170)

 

Today is Tax Day

Don’t forget that today is the new April 15. If you have not filed your taxes yet, you need to do that today or file an extension. Since interest groups will parse and debate the new education guidance framework, I included a link below so that you can just read it yourselves. Reaching Higher NH did a pretty good summary which you can find at https://reachinghighernh.org/2020/07/14/governor-issues-back-to-school-recommendations/ I pulled some bullet points from their site below ~ Steve

Governor issues back to school recommendations

• “School districts should create plans for in-person, hybrid, and remote learning, recognizing that the school, a classroom, or a student or staff member may have to quickly transition to remote learning if exposed to COVID-19;
• Districts should create clear plans and protocols that ensure the safety of students and staff, and should engage key stakeholders in the plan;
• Students, staff, and visitors should be screened daily for symptoms of COVID-19 before or upon entering the school building, and families should screen students before allowing them to board the school bus;
• Students should be kept at least 3 feet apart, and teachers should minimize the number of times that students must change seats or classrooms and should avoid seating students in groups;
• Schools should encourage students and school staff to wear face coverings during the school day;
• Families should drive students to school or arrange small carpools to and from school to minimize exposure to other students;
• School staff and teachers should monitor hallways and encourage students to maintain physical distancing; and,
• Schools should follow the CDC guidelines on school cleaning and sanitizing.

One safety protocol that will be required of all schools, is the requirement that all school visitors — including parents — wear face coverings in the school building.”

Click to access k-12-back-to-school.pdf

Task Force Details

Someone asked who the folks were that served on the task force. Here is their complete organizational document.

Click to access strrt-materials.pdf

Gov. Sununu answers questions about school reopening plan

https://www.wmur.com/article/faq-governor-new-hampshire-coronavirus-school-reopening-plan-2020/33308663

NH unemployment rate drops below 12 percent

https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/nh-unemployment-rate-drops-below-12-percent/article_b2e3f430-3ebe-579d-963c-3ae05f2b87c8.html?block_id=897573

Governor: New Hampshire won’t require schools to reopen

https://apnews.com/b86e5539a425bc23127ba2cc4bf459c

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – July 14th, 2020

On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, DHHS announced 23 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,091 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 three individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 57% being female and 43% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (5), Strafford (4), Grafton (2), Belknap (1), Carroll (1), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (1), and Merrimack (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (5) and Nashua (3).

Hospitalizations

A total of 665 hospitalizations being reported today which is 11% of the 6,091 cases reported to date. This includes 2 newly identified hospitalizations and 74 additional hospitalizations identified after further review and quality assurance of previous data.

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. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends. • 1 female resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older

Cumulative Positive Tests by County

• Belknap 92
• Carroll 68
• Cheshire 77
• Coos 11
• Grafton 94
• Hillsborough – Other 1,159
• Hillsborough – Manchester 1604
• Hillsborough – Nashua 680
• Merrimack 432
• Rockingham 1531
• Strafford 306
• Sullivan 37

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

(data updated July 14, 2020, 9:00 AM)

• NH Persons with COVID-191 6,091
• Recovered 5,101 (84%)
• Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 392 (6%)
• Total Current COVID-19 Cases 598
• Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 665 (11%)
• Current Hospitalizations 23

Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories,

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) 137,109
• Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody
• Laboratory Tests 21,766
• Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 33,669
• Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL 424
• 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: 6,091 positive test results 392 deaths  (1 week ago: 5,932 positive test results 384 deaths) (+154/+9)

MA: 112,130  positive test results 8340 deaths (1 week ago: 110,338  positive test results 8,213 deaths) (+1690/+132)

ME: 3,566 positive test results 114 deaths (1 week ago: 3,440 positive test results 110 deaths)

VT: 1,305 positive test results 56 deaths (1 week ago: 1,254 positive test results 56 deaths)

CT:  47,530  positive test results 4,372 deaths (1 week ago: 47,033  positive test results 4,338 deaths)

RI: 17,588 positive test results 985 deaths (1 week ago: 17,154 positive test results 969 deaths)

NY:  407,875 positive test results 32,092 deaths (1 week ago: 402,928 positive test results 31,934 deaths) (+4,624/+164)