Dec. 1 NH DHHS COVID-19 update: 772 new positive results with 126 in Manchester; 2 deaths reported

CONCORD, NH – On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, DHHS announced 772 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 6.2%. Today’s results include 588 people who tested positive by PCR test and 184 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 5,022 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today, 150 new positive test results are from Sunday, 11/29 and 622 new positive test results are from Monday, 11/30. Test results received Monday are still being processed and the total number of new positives for that day is not yet complete. Updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard.

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 ninety individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 50% being female and 50% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (189), Merrimack (110), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (104), Belknap (57), Strafford (38), Cheshire (27), Carroll (16), Grafton (10), Sullivan (6), and Coos (4) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (126) and Nashua (44). The county of residence is being determined for forty-one 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 had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.

DHHS has also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19.

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

There are currently 160 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 21,766 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 841 (4%) of those having been hospitalized.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

 New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (data updated December 1, 2020, 9:00 AM)

1 Includes specimens positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.

2 Includes specimens tested at the NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL), LabCorp, Quest, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, and those sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.

3 Includes specimens received and awaiting testing at NH PHL. Does not include tests pending at commercial laboratories.

Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS

* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not listed in the above table.

** Includes tests conducted at the UNH laboratory and their contracted lab Veritas.