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LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 13 additional N.H. COVID-19 deaths
Update: Thursday, Dec. 24, 4:06 p.m.
An additional 13 people have died from COVID-19 in New Hampshire, state health officials announced Thursday.
The deceased were all over the age of 60, and included residents of Belknap, Hillsborough, and Merrimack counties.
About 300 people remain hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state. There are currently roughly 6,000 active cases of the illness in New Hampshire.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 690 COVID deaths and 38,902 confirmed coronavirus cases in the Granite State.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 3:45 p.m.
New Hampshire health officials today reported 21 deaths from COVID-19, tying December 16th as the highest number of deaths announced in a single day. Of the new deaths, nine patients were female, and twelve were male.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Students, Teachers To Get Priority In COVID Testing
Update: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 10:05 p.m.
The state will prioritize COVID testing for students, teachers and school staff when the school year resumes after winter break.
Many New Hampshire schools have closed for the holidays and plan to conduct classes remotely for several weeks into 2021.
At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Chris Sununu said, when they do return to class, staff and students with COVID symptoms will be able to get an appointment for a test within 24 hours.
“We just want to make sure that students that may require a test to get back into school aren’t being held back, three, four, five, six days or even a week, while awaiting those results,” Sununu said. “We want to make sure those kids can get back into class as quickly as possible.”
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 21 more deaths, record hospitalizations in New Hampshire
Update: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 3:45 p.m.
New Hampshire health officials today reported 21 deaths from COVID-19, tying December 16th as the highest number of deaths announced in a single day. Of the new deaths, nine patients were female, and twelve were male.
So far, 677 of the state s residents have died from the coronavirus.
The state also announced 571 new coronavirus infections, including 63 individuals under the age of 18. The new cases span all ten of New Hampshire s counties.
Hospitalizations from the virus have reached a record level, at 305. The hospitalization rate of COVID-19 patients in New Hampshire is two percent.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 624 new COVID-19 cases, four new outbreaks announced
Update: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 3:45 p.m.
New Hampshire health officials announced 624 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, and no new patient deaths. According to state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, New Hampshire s test positivity rate is holding steady at around 9.1%.
Current active cases in New Hampshire number 6,485, with 297 patients hospitalized with the virus. So far, 656 residents have died from the virus, including 52 in the last week, Chan said.
Chan also said that in order to mitigate the spread of the virus, the state is encouraging anyone who has symptoms, no matter how mild, get tested for the coronavirus.