In New Hampshire, An Uptick Of COVID-19 In School Settings

Tony Schinella
Updated ·3 min read

CONCORD, NH — In 24 hours, another 20 COVID-19 cases have been reported in school settings in New Hampshire, according to the state's data dashboard.

Another 77 positive test results were also posted by the state Tuesday including 15 children. The daily positivity rate was 0.7 percent based on 8,070 polymerase chain reaction specimens on Monday with Sunday's number revised up to 5,426. The state has 313 tests pending.

Two-thirds of the positive tests were PCR while 23 were antigen.

Five cases are still being investigated by the state. Of the information available on the other tests, half were female, 23 live in Rockingham County, 15 live in Hillsborough County outside of Manchester and Nashua, eight live in Merrimack County, and seven live in Nashua. Six of the cases required hospitalization.

"These hospitalizations were reported to DHHS yesterday but occurred on prior days," the State Joint Information Center said. "Two of the new cases had no identified risk factors."

According to the state, 9,279 people have caught COVID-19, 8,036 have recovered from the virus, 297,850 people have been tested, while 508,079 PCR tests have been issued.

Approximately 3,425 Granite Staters are under public health monitoring.

According to the latest school data dashboard, there are 77 active cases in the K-12 school settings in New Hampshire.

New cases reported in schools include the Adeline C. Marston Elementary School in Hampton; Bedford High School; Belmont High and Middle Schools; the Canterbury Elementary School; the Herald Martin Elementary School in Hopkinton; the Hollis-Brooline Middle School; the Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro; more cases at the Londonderry Senior High School; the Merrimack Middle School; the Nute Junior High School in Milton; the Presentation of Mary Academy in Hudson; the Ross A. Lurgio Middle School in Bedford; and Salem High School.

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More information from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services about coronavirus can be found here on the department's website.

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This article originally appeared on the Concord Patch