New Hampshire health officials reported 566 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and an additional nine deaths attributed to COVID-19.>> Download the FREE WMUR appOfficials with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services reported a total of 566 new COVID-19 cases. Of the new diagnoses, 472 cases were confirmed through PCR testing and 94 people tested positive through antigen testing.According to health officials, test results received Tuesday are still being processed.The nine deaths announced on Wednesday included seven linked to long-term care facilities. >> NH COVID updates: New information, dataThe daily PCR test positivity rate for Tuesday’s report was 6.1%, officials said. The new case total includes 66 patients under the age of 18.>> Latest coronavirus coverage from WMURThe announced additional deaths attributed to COVID-19, brought the state’s death toll to 537. One new hospitalization was reported, and there have been 842 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The number of current hospitalizations rose to 162, which is the highest number since the pandemic began.The number of active cases dropped below 5,000 and now sits at 4,694.There have been 22,332 known coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic in New Hampshire.** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data: Interactive map | Text-only list **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