CONCORD – A third of the state’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and half of the state’s residents have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Beth Daley, chief of the state’s Bureau of Infectious Disease Control.
Speaking during Gov. Chris Sununu’s weekly coronavirus update Thursday, Daley said 687,000 people have received a first dose and 446,000 residents are fully vaccinated. The state has administered 1,093,000 vaccine doses.
Daley said 60% of the state’s residents have made the decision to get vaccinated, by either having made an appointment to get vaccinated or already having gotten at least one dose.
New Hampshire reports 2 additional COVID deaths
Update: Friday, April 30, 5:09 p.m.
State health officials on Friday announced two additional COVID-19 deaths: two men from Rockingham County, both older than 60.
The state reported 264 new cases, 2,514 active infections, and 94 people hospitalized due to the coronavirus.
New Hampshire s COVID death toll increased to 1,303. More than 94,000 cases have been confirmed since the pandemic began.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Friday, April 30, 2:29 p.m.
U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are requesting that the Treasury Department provides guidance to states on uses of funds provided by the American Rescue Plan during the coronavirus pandemic.
Update: Wednesday, April 28, 1:29 p.m.
The state of New Hampshire has scheduled 10 virtual job fairs during May. Starting May 23, New Hampshire is once again requiring that people receiving unemployment benefits be looking for work.
That was waived last year during the coronavirus pandemic.
Scheduled job fairs include May 6, for veterans; May 11, one for students and the other for students and adult education in partnership with Pinkerton Academy; May 13, construction industry in partnership with ABC NH/VT; May 18, Great North Woods Region and Dartmouth Lake-Sunapee Region; May 19, Seacoast Region; May 20, White Mountains Region; May 25, Lakes Region; May 26, Monadnock Region; May 27, Capitol and Southern Region.
Cheshire Fair hosting 3-day agricultural event
Update: Friday, April 30, 7:24 a.m.
The Cheshire Fair will return this August, but as a smaller three-day agricultural event.
It was one of several iconic New Hampshire fairs that took last summer off due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event scheduled for Aug. 6-8 will feature many of the traditional fair events, including horse and ox pulls, open farm animal shows, and truck and tractor pulls, according to the fair s announcement yesterday.
The midway, however, will be missing from the 2021 Cheshire Fair. The organizers say they are still working on plans to ensure public safety, in concert with public health advisories for the pandemic.
New Hampshire is not developing or requiring “vaccine passports, documents that show you were vaccinated against COVID-19, but a proposed legislative measure would prohibit state government from requiring people to receive the vaccine.
The measure also would prohibit the state from entering into any contract or distributing taxpayer money to any business that would require a so-called passport, or would in any way discriminate against someone who refuses to receive the vaccine.
“Vaccine passports could discriminate against people flying, traveling, trying to get a job, or even something as simple as going to the supermarket, Rep. Tim Baxter, R-Seabrook, its sponsor, testified before the House Committee on Executive Departments and Administration on Tuesday.