There have now been more than 10,000 cases of COVID-19 in New Hampshire since the beginning of the pandemic, health officials confirmed Friday.>> Download the free WMUR appHealth officials reported 120 positive cases of COVID-19 Friday, bringing the overall total over the course of the pandemic to 10,112 cases.One more Granite Stater has died of COVID-19, a Hillsborough County woman age 60 or older. The death was not associated with a long-term care facility, but no other deatils were released. There have been 471 deaths attributed to the coronavirus in New Hampshire. "It's unfortunate we've hit now 10,000 cases, but the fact that we've been able to stretch it out, we don't see the astronomical spikes other states are seeing," said Gov. Chris Sununu.It has been more than seven months since the governor first issued emergency orders to slow the spread of the coronavirus in New Hampshire. Schools switched to remote learning, and businesses closed. Reopening happened gradually, while New Hampshire secured one of the lowest rates of infection in the country. Officials stressed that increased testing has increased confirmed cases, but the positivity rate still sits at about 1%."With our contact tracing, our testing, the fact that we're going to have a whole system to distribute the vaccine when that's ready, bringing in PPE, having funds and resources -- all of these are puzzle pieces to our success," Sununu said.Overflow hospitals had been set up and since taken down. They can be quickly rebuilt if hospitalizations increase, but that's something officials said they are trying to avoid.Hospitalization numbers in New Hampshire are still low, much lower than they were during the peak of the pandemic in April and May, but increasing case numbers could change that. "Hospitalizations usually lag behind increases in case counts, so to speak, so as we see increasing community transmission in New Hampshire, the concern is that as the community transmission gets going, is fueled, that it could spread to more vulnerable populations," said Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist.No new hospitalizations were announced Friday. Officials said 15 people are currently hospitalized in the state for COVID-19.Continued vigilance is stressed, as well. "It's going up, and I think it's going to keep going up, frankly," Sununu said. "We might not get the drastic spikes you're seeing in the Midwest right now. Folks need to be prepared over the holidays and into the winter. We're not out of this yet."** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data: Interactive map | Text-only list **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