Feb. 9 NH DHHS COVID-19 update: 421 positive results with 43 in Manchester; 3 deaths reported

CONCORD, NH – On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, DHHS announced 421 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 3.5%. Today’s results include 234 people who tested positive by PCR test and 187 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,170 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

• 2/7: 204 new cases today, for an updated total of 321 cases
• 2/8: 217 new cases

Test results for previous days are still being processed and the total number of new positives for those days are 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 62 individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 49% being female and 51% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (118), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (75), Grafton (31), Merrimack (30), Strafford (24), Belknap (16), Cheshire (13), Sullivan (8), Coos (5), and Carroll (5) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (43) and Nashua (28). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-five 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 have recently traveled.

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

• 1 male resident of Grafton County, younger than 60 years of age
• 1 male resident of Hillsborough County, younger than 60 years of age
• 1 male resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 159 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 68,918 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

 Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (updated February 9, 2021, 9 a.m.)

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 2/9/2021)

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 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.