July 23 NH DHHS COVID-19 UPDATE: 25 positive cases with 8 in Manchester; 3 deaths reported

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Map of Current Positive CasesCONCORD, NH – On Thursday, July 23, 2020, DHHS announced 25 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 6,318 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 two individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 76 percent being female and 24 percent being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (7), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (6), Carroll (1), Grafton (1), and Merrimack (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (8) and Nashua (1).

One new hospitalized case was identified for a total of 681 (11 percent) of 6,318 cases. Eight 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 three additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

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

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (updated July 23, 2020, 9 a.m.)

 

NH Persons with COVID-19 (see 1 below) 6,318
Recovered 5,345 (85%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 405 (6%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases 568
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 681 (11%)
Current Hospitalizations 26
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below) 149,792
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below) 25,979
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 35,636
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below) 932
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) 3,425

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.


Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
Testing Laboratory 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories 846 486 157 426 244 390 1,607 594
LabCorp 326 240 499 673 457 691 927 545
Quest Diagnostics 519 328 617 467 539 463 540 496
Mako Medical 1,116 784 1,591 699 96 247 423 708
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 284 144 95 86 171 133 236 164
Other NH Hospital Laboratory 82 89 84 99 143 118 122 105
Other Laboratory* 1 33 4 62 20 9 33 23
Total 3,174 2,104 3,047 2,512 1,670 2,051 3,888 2,635
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 Daily Average
LabCorp 22 22 24 6 1 14 19 15
Quest Diagnostics 144 138 127 16 112 131 120 113
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 34 31 2 0 30 23 18 20
Other Laboratory* 3 17 3 0 9 10 4 7
Total 203 208 156 22 152 178 161 154

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

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