LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: AT Thru-hikers told to stand down this season
Update: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10:01 a.m.
Hikers are being advised to postpone plans to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail this year due to COVID-19.
The Asheville Citizen Times reports the Appalachian Trail Conservancy made the suggestion because it feels the pandemic makes long-distance hikes unsafe. Morgan Sommerville, regional director for the conservancy, says that as long as the pandemic continues, while vaccines aren t widely available and there s been no all-clear signs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the conservancy is recommending against long-distance hikes on the trail.
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LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Six more New Hampshire residents die of COVID-19
Update: Sunday, Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m.
State health officials announced six more coronavirus deaths Sunday, bringing New Hampshire s death toll since the start of the pandemic to 987. The patients who died were all over 60, according to the state, and resided in Belknap, Coos, Rockingham, and Sullivan counties.
The Department of Health and Human Services also reported 808 new COVID-19 cases, including 98 positive test results for individuals younger than 18. There are currently more than six thousand active coronavirus cases in New Hampshire, and 239 residents are hospitalized with the virus.