July 18 NH DHHS COVID-19 update: 26 new positive results with 9 in Manchester; 1 death reported

CONCORD, NH – On Saturday, July 18, 2020, DHHS announced 26 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,188 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. 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 four individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 65 percent being female and 35 percent being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (8), Coos (2), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (2), Cheshire (1), and Merrimack (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (9) and Nashua (3).

Two new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 672 (11 percent) of 6,188 cases. Six of the new cases had no identified risk factors. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Most of the remaining cases have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or have recently traveled.

DHHS has also announced one additional death related to COVID-19.

• 1 female resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older

 

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Current Situation in New Hampshire

 New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (data updated July 18, 2020, 9 a.m.)

NH Persons with COVID-19 (see 1 below)	6,188
Recovered	5,221 (84%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19	396 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases	571
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19	672 (11%)
Current Hospitalizations	20
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below)	142,486
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below)	25,316
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL	34,576
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below)	1,003
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)	3,525

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.

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Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
Testing Laboratory	7/11	7/12	7/13	7/14	7/15	7/16	7/17	Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories	195	515	267	383	825	846	486	502
LabCorp	795	371	135	437	596	326	164	403
Quest Diagnostics	579	435	448	795	847	519	309	562
Mako Medical	1407	610	538	675	542	1116	784	810
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	261	75	38	299	136	284	144	177
Other NH Hospital Laboratory	82	102	121	106	122	82	89	101
Other Laboratory*	25	59	13	35	27	0	29	27
Total	3,344	2,167	1,560	2,730	3,095	3,173	2,005	2,582
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory	7/11	7/12	7/13	7/14	7/15	7/16	7/17	Daily Average
LabCorp	26	10	0	27	25	22	22	19
Quest Diagnostics	136	63	120	178	104	144	129	125
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	8	3	27	28	31	34	31	23
Other Laboratory*	2	0	9	9	7	3	13	6
Total	172	76	156	242	167	203	195	173

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

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