CONCORD – The state Department of Health and Human Services announced 222 new positive test results for COVID-19 and four deaths Thursday. Today’s results include 160 people who tested positive by PCR test and 62 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 1,450 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.

The deaths include:

1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

1 male resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

2 female residents of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older

Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there are sixty-two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (44), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (25), Cheshire (23), Strafford (23), Merrimack (18), Belknap (11), Grafton (9), Sullivan (9), Carroll (7), and Coos (4) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (20) and Nashua (16). The county of residence is being determined for thirteen new cases.

Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Of those with complete risk information, most of the cases have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are associated with an outbreak setting.

There are currently 62 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 97,304 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

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