CONCORD, NH — On Thursday, February 18, 2021, DHHS announced 461 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 3.2%. Today’s results include 317 people who tested positive by PCR test and 144 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,048 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:
- 2/17: 461Â new cases
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-four individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 51% being female and 49% being male. The new cases reside in Grafton (89), Rockingham (80), Strafford (67), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (57), Merrimack (36), Cheshire (26), Coos (10), Carroll (9), Sullivan (7), and Belknap (5) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (35) and Nashua (24). The county of residence is being determined for sixteen 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, are associated with an outbreak setting, or have recently traveled.
DHHS has also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
- 1 female resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
- 1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
There are currently 126 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 72,399 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
Current Situation in New Hampshire
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (updated February 18, 2021, 9 a.m.)
| NH Persons with COVID-19 | 72,399 | |
| Recovered | 68,201 (94%) | |
| Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 1,150 (2%) | |
| Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 3,048 | |
| Current Hospitalizations | 126 | |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below) | 618,903 | |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below) | 37,290 | |
| Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 68,099 | |
| Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below) | 840 |
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, 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.
New Hampshire Institutions Associated with COVID-19 Outbreak (as of 2/18/2021)Â
| Current COVID-19 Outbreaks | Resident Cases | Staff Cases | Under Investigation | Deaths |
| Applewood Rehabilitation Center | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Birch Hill | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll County Department of Corrections | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Dover Center for Health and Rehabilitation | 69 | 36 | 0 | 10 |
| Langdon Place of Nashua | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Merrimack County Nursing Home | 45 | 50 | 0 | 8 |
| Mt. Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| NH State Prison – Men’s | 266 | 75 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Vincent Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 35 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Sullivan County Department of Corrections | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sullivan County Nursing Home | 117 | 42 | 0 | 3 |
| Closed COVID-19 Outbreaks | Resident Cases | Staff Cases | Deaths |
| All American Assisted Living Londonderry (6/9/2020) | 15 | 16 | 2 |
| The Arbors at Bedford (2/7/2021) | 47 | 18 | 22 |
| Aurora Assisted Living Derry (6/6/2020) | 38 | 17 | 10 |
| Aurora Assisted Living Derry (1/21/2020) | 13 | 17 | 0 |
| Bedford Falls (6/6/2020) | 40 | 21 | 11 |
| Bedford Hills Center Genesis (7/16/2020) | 37 | 25 | 7 |
| Bedford Hills Center Genesis (11/19/2020) | 61 | 20 | 19 |
| Bedford Hills Center Genesis (1/6/2021) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bedford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7/7/2020) | 62 | 28 | 17 |
| Bel-Air Nursing Home and Rehab Center (2/1/2021) | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| Bellamy Fields Dover (5/16/2020) | 35 | 13 | 10 |
| Bentley Commons at Bedford (2/4/2021) | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| Birch Hill (7/30/2020) | 40 | 29 | 14 |
| Calumet Transitional Housing Unit – NHDOC (2/3/2021) | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| Carriage Hill Assisted Living (2/13/2021) | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| Clipper Harbor Genesis Portsmouth (5/29/2020) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Clipper Harbor/Cedar Healthcare Center (1/24/2021) | 32 | 16 | 7 |
| Colonial Poplin Nursing & Rehabilitation (12/22/2020) | 19 | 10 | 0 |
| Colonial Poplin Nursing & Rehabilitation (1/15/2021) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Bridges Belmont (6/9/2020) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Community Bridges Concord (2/2/2021) | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Community Resources for Justice Transitional Housing Manchester (5/18/2020) | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Coos County Nursing Hospital (12/30/2020) | 64 | 71 | 13 |
| Country Village Center (2/17/2021) | 47 | 20 | 12 |
| Courville at Bedford – Carlyle Place (1/6/2021) | 20 | 10 | 7 |
| Courville Manchester (6/30/2020) | 15 | 14 | 6 |
| Crestwood Center Milford (6/30/2020) | 54 | 28 | 15 |
| Crestwood Center Milford (1/18/2021) | 26 | 13 | 3 |
| Crotched Mountain (4/20/2020) | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| Easterseals – Manchester (5/16/2020) | 45 | 70 | 0 |
| Edgewood Centre Portsmouth (2/16/2021) | 28 | 21 | 2 |
| Elms Center (1/11/2021) | 31 | 14 | 10 |
| Epsom Healthcare (1/18/2021) | 66 | 30 | 8 |
| Evergreen Place Manchester (9/3/2020) | 27 | 16 | 7 |
| Evergreen Place Manchester (12/22/2020) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Fairview Senior Living (1/12/2021) | 89 | 54 | 11 |
| Golden View Health Care Meredith (1/24/2021) | 77 | 52 | 12 |
| Grace House Windham (12/30/2020) | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| Green Mountain Treatment Center (1/8/2021) | 68 | 38 | 0 |
| Greenbriar (8/21/2020) | 124 | 34 | 28 |
| Greystone Farm at Salem (6/16/2020) | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Greystone Farms (1/25/2021) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Hackett Hill Genesis Manchester (6/5/2020) | 56 | 16 | 16 |
| Hackett Hill Genesis Manchester (12/18/2020) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Hanover Hill Manchester (5/26/2020) | 79 | 60 | 25 |
| Hanover Hill Manchester (1/11/2021) | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| Hanover Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center (1/22/2021) | 71 | 40 | 7 |
| Harbor Care Chestnut Street Group Home (2/2/2021) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Harmony Homes by the Bay (2/7/2021) | 38 | 15 | 3 |
| Harris Hill Center (1/21/2021) | 22 | 17 | 3 |
| Hillsborough County House of Corrections (2/11/2021) | 114 | 54 | 0 |
| Hillsborough County Nursing Home (7/27/2020) | 154 | 55 | 39 |
| Hillsborough County Nursing Home (2/15/2021) | 100 | 64 | 13 |
| Holy Cross Manchester (7/15/2020) | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| Huntington Nashua (5/8/2020) | 23 | 19 | 7 |
| Institute for Professional Practice, Inc (4/21/2020) | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Keene Center (2/17/2021) | 101 | 38 | 10 |
| Kendal at Hanover (2/8/2021) | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Keystone Hall, Cynthia Day Program (1/20/2021) | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| Kimi Nichols Center Plaistow (6/10/2020) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Lafayette Center (2/6/2021) | 18 | 11 | 1 |
| Lakes Region Community Services Fairview Home (1/14/2021) | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Langdon Place of Exeter (2/17/2021) | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Ledgewood Bay Assisted Living (2/16/2021) | 17 | 16 | 3 |
| Maple Leaf Healthcare Center (12/18/2020) | 93 | 70 | 10 |
| Meredith Bay Colony Club (1/26/2021) | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| Merrimack County Jail (1/22/2021) | 36 | 15 | 0 |
| Mt. Carmel Nursing and Rehabilitation Manchester (6/26/2020) | 38 | 16 | 5 |
| Mount Prospect Academy Plymouth (12/18/2020) | 14 | 28 | 0 |
| Mt. Prospect Academy Seacoast Treatment & Stabilization Center (1/10/2021) | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Mountain Ridge Genesis Franklin (6/18/2020) | 49 | 21 | 9 |
| Mountain View Community Ossipee (10/7/2020) | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Nashua Crossings Benchmark (1/25/2021) | 49 | 28 | 7 |
| NH Correctional Facility for Women (2/12/2021) | 26 | 11 | 0 |
| NH Veterans’ Home (1/25/2021) | 93 | 102 | 36 |
| Northern NH Correctional Facility – Berlin (2/3/2021) | 129 | 30 | 1 |
| Oceanside Center – Genesis (12/16/2020) | 44 | 27 | 11 |
| Pheasant Wood Center (1/5/2021) | 32 | 2 | 7 |
| Pine Rock Manor Warner (11/19/2020) | 48 | 14 | 8 |
| Pines of Newmarket (1/24/2021) | 28 | 13 | 8 |
| Pleasant Valley Derry (5/27/2020) | 87 | 29 | 21 |
| Pleasant View Nursing Home (1/26/2021) | 94 | 49 | 22 |
| Prospect Woodward Home at Hillside Village Keene (12/16/2020) | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| Residence at Salem Woods (1/11/2021) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ridgewood Genesis Bedford (6/18/2020) | 64 | 23 | 23 |
| Ridgewood Genesis Bedford (8/12/2020) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Ridgewood Genesis Bedford (12/13/2020) | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Rivermead Peterborough (1/22/2021) | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Riverside Rest Home (2/17/2021) | 96 | 79 | 9 |
| Rockingham County Nursing and Rehab (1/23/2021) | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Rockingham County House of Corrections (9/13/2020) | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Anne’s Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Dover (12/22/2020) | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (1/29/2021) | 37 | 26 | 15 |
| St. Joseph’s Residence Manchester (12/22/2020) | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| St. Teresa Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Manchester (12/3/2020) | 31 | 18 | 9 |
| Salem Woods (5/18/2020) | 23 | 26 | 10 |
| Salemhaven (7/9/2020) | 46 | 15 | 11 |
| Secure Psychiatric Unit, NH Department of Corrections (1/25/2021) | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Strafford County Jail (2/12/2021) | 127 | 14 | 0 |
| Studley Home Assisted Living Facility Rochester (12/16/2020) | 30 | 4 | 2 |
| Summerhill Assisted Living (2/17/2021) | 14 | 13 | 2 |
| Villa Crest Manchester (7/1/2020) | 54 | 45 | 15 |
| Warde Health Center Windham (10/22/2020) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Warde Health Center Windham (1/5/2021) | 23 | 14 | 2 |
| Wentworth Senior Living (1/18/2021) | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Woodcrest Village Assisted Living (2/12/2021) | 21 | 17 | 3 |
| Woodlawn Care Center Newport (12/10/2020) | 33 | 24 | 4 |
Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS
| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests | ||||||||
| Testing Laboratory | 2/11 | 2/12 | 2/13 | 2/14 | 2/15 | 2/16 | 2/17 | Daily Average |
| NH Public Health Laboratories | 813 | 574 | 640 | 42 | 36 | 92 | 770 | 424 |
| LabCorp | 730 | 602 | 454 | 494 | 467 | 716 | 638 | 586 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 611 | 663 | 685 | 566 | 212 | 595 | 601 | 562 |
| Mako Medical | 235 | 152 | 11 | 136 | 301 | 377 | 29 | 177 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 544 | 389 | 400 | 287 | 267 | 664 | 7 | 365 |
| NorDX Laboratory | 571 | 343 | 131 | 74 | 58 | 690 | 384 | 322 |
| Broad Institute | 2,640 | 2,613 | 5,350 | 870 | 2,640 | 4,846 | 2,852 | 3,116 |
| Other NH Hospital Laboratory | 431 | 413 | 289 | 243 | 379 | 406 | 267 | 347 |
| Other Laboratory* | 460 | 362 | 236 | 283 | 287 | 405 | 136 | 310 |
| University of New Hampshire** | 4,163 | 4,143 | 2,924 | 54 | 3,877 | 3,912 | 3,634 | 3,244 |
| Total | 11,198 | 10,254 | 11,120 | 3,049 | 8,524 | 12,703 | 9,318 | 9,452 |
| Antibody Laboratory Tests | ||||||||
| Testing Laboratory | 2/11 | 2/12 | 2/13 | 2/14 | 2/15 | 2/16 | 2/17 | Daily Average |
| LabCorp | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 10 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 16 | 52 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 19 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| NorDX Laboratory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Laboratory* | 9 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 44 | 82 | 47 | 9 | 22 | 69 | 24 | 42 |
* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not already listed in the table.
Note: Patients who had both antibody and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are accounted for in both tables.
** Includes tests conducted at the UNH laboratory and their contracted lab Veritas.
