Dan Tuohy / NHPR
It was a year that made us hold our breath, shake our heads, laugh and cry, and shout and pray.
The year of the Zoom call. The year of not taking things for granted.
A year that began with intense scrutiny of the 2020 New Hampshire presidential primary and then veered wildly to the coronavirus. The pandemic sucked the air out of the room - and out of many an office. It changed how we work, how we play, how we greet family, friends and neighbors.
The simplest things, like grocery shopping, became something of a masked undertaking.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Twenty-four thousand doses of Moderna vaccine arriving tomorrow
Update: Monday, Dec. 21, 5:55 p.m.
The state of New Hampshire is expecting to receive over twenty-four thousand doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow (Tuesday). Moderna’s vaccine, which is being partially produced in Portsmouth, was recently approved for emergency use by the FDA. New Hampshire also received close to 9,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Monday, fewer than originally expected. Those doses are all going to the state’s most vulnerable residents, including health care workers. Long term care facilities will begin distributing shots to their residents and staff this week.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: N.H. announces 12 additional COVID-19 deaths
Update: Saturday, Dec. 19, 5:26 p.m.
Twelve additional residents have died due to the coronavirus, state health officials announced Saturday.
The state reported 676 new infections and 6,725 active cases statewide. There are 258 people hospitalized with the virus.
The results reported Saturday include new results confirmed for previous days: 38 on Dec. 14, 189 on Dec. 15, 134 on Dec. 16, 153 on Dec. 17, and 162 on Dec. 18.
Since the pandemic began, New Hampshire has recorded 650 COVID-19 deaths and confirmed 35,609 positive test results.
- NHPR Staff
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pdate: Saturday, Dec. 19, 12:41 p.m.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is closing after this weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Update: Saturday, Dec. 19, 5:26 p.m.
Twelve additional residents have died due to the coronavirus, state health officials announced Saturday.
The state reported 676 new infections and 6,725 active cases statewide. There are 258 people hospitalized with the virus.
The results reported Saturday include new results confirmed for previous days: 38 on Dec. 14, 189 on Dec. 15, 134 on Dec. 16, 153 on Dec. 17, and 162 on Dec. 18.
Since the pandemic began, New Hampshire has recorded 650 COVID-19 deaths and confirmed 35,609 positive test results.
- NHPR Staff
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pdate: Saturday, Dec. 19, 12:41 p.m.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is closing after this weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The museum will stay closed until at least mid January in hopes of slowing the spread of the disease.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Currier Museum to temporarily close
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pdate: Saturday, Dec. 19, 12:41 p.m.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is closing after this weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The museum will stay closed until at least mid January in hopes of slowing the spread of the disease.
The Currier will remain accessible digitally, and work to expand its virtual reach this winter. It will still be celebrating the New Year with its family-friendly Noon Year s Eve event, which this year will be digital only.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Friday, Dec. 18, 7:05 p.m.
Nine more New Hampshire residents have died as a result of the coronavirus, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The new deaths bring the state s total since the start of the pandemic to 638.