2 additional deaths announced
Update: Wednesday, April 21, 5:44 p.m.
Two more Granite Staters have died from coronavirus. The state on Wednesday announced that a woman from Belknap County and a man from Strafford County died. Both were over 60.
Health officials also reported 362 new COVID-19 cases, with 79 of them individuals under 18 years old. There are currently 3,090 active infections and 124 residents hospitalized.
Since the pandemic began, New Hampshire has recorded 1,273 COVID-19 deaths and confirmed more than 92,000 coronavirus cases.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Wednesday, April 21, 10:19 a.m.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has started a post COVID-19 program for people feeling shortness of breath, fatigue and body aches, rapid heartbeat, memory issues and other symptoms more than three months after they became infected.
One more N.H. death, outbreak at Berlin prison accounts for 100 new infections
Update: Thursday, April 22, 3:20 p.m.
State health officials reported one new COVID-19 death Thursday, bringing the state s total deaths to 1,274 since the start of the pandemic. 515 newly-identified infections were announced.
According to state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan, 100 of the new infections are connected to an outbreak at the federal prison in Berlin, one of two active institutional outbreaks in the state. The other outbreak is at the Coos County Nursing Home.
The daily average of new cases has stood at about 350 in the past week, which Chan says is part of a declining trend. The state is currently tracking 3.233 active cases of the coronavirus.
Dartmouth launches COVID long-hauler clinic
Update: Wednesday, April 21, 10:19 a.m.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has started a post COVID-19 program for people feeling shortness of breath, fatigue and body aches, rapid heartbeat, memory issues and other symptoms more than three months after they became infected.
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The center said in a news release Tuesday the program for so-called long-haulers is the first in northern New England.
An infectious disease specialist with a 10-member team of specialists is heading the program. Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome accounts for about 10% to 30% of those who get the virus.
- AP
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 5:40 p.m.
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 9:59 a.m.
Dartmouth College plans to host vaccination clinics on campus now that the state has lifted its residency requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine.
As of Monday, anyone age 16 or older is eligible for the vaccine in New Hampshire regardless of where they live.
In a recent message to students, faculty and staff, Dartmouth officials said they plan to partner with the state to open vaccination clinics starting the week of May 3.
The college also is planning to increase access to campus facilities and ease travel restrictions on a rolling basis through the summer and into the fall.
N.H. announces 1 additional COVID-19 death
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 5:40 p.m.
State health officials announced one additional COVID-19 death on Tuesday. A woman from Coos County, who was older than 60, died from complications with the virus.
The state also reported 285 new cases and 3,159 active infections statewide.
There are currently 129 residents hospitalized due to coronavirus. Of the new cases announced, 59 are people under age 18.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Tuesday, April 20, 10:48 a.m.
Some New Hampshire schools have started their first full week of in-person instruction in more than a year, though waivers allowed eight districts to maintain at least partially remote schedules.