March 18 NH DHHS COVID-19 update: 347 positive results with 32 in Manchester; 5 deaths reported

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CONCORD, NH – On Thursday, March 18, 2021, DHHS announced 347 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.1%. Today’s results include 192 people who tested positive by PCR test and 155 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 2,340 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

  • 3/17: 347 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 seventy-one 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 (87), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (57), Grafton (30), Strafford (26), Merrimack (25), Cheshire (21), Carroll (9), Coos (5), Belknap (4), and Sullivan (2) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (32) and Nashua (24). 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 had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.

DHHS has also announced five additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

  • 1 male resident of Coos County, 60 years of age and older
  • 1 male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older
  • 1 female resident of Merrimack County, 60 years of age and older
  • 1 male resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older
  • 1 female resident of Rockingham County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 75 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 79,702 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

 New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (updated March 18, 2021, 9 a.m.)

NH Persons with COVID-19 79,702
Recovered 76,155 (96%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 1,207 (2%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases 2,340
Current Hospitalizations 75
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below) 645,224
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below) 38,297
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL 69,831
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below) 1,190

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 3/18/2021)

 

Current COVID-19 Outbreaks Resident Cases Staff Cases Under Investigation Deaths
Alpine Health Center 15 7 0 0
Bedford Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 8 14 0 0
Granite Recovery Centers NFA Behavioral Health-Salem 36 3 0 0
Hillsborough County House of Corrections 20 2 0 0
NH State Prison – Men’s 266 75 0 1

 

Closed COVID-19 Outbreaks Resident Cases Staff Cases Deaths
All American Assisted Living Londonderry (6/9/2020) 15 16 2
Applewood Rehabilitation Center (2/20/2021) 18 17 1
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
Birch Hill (2/23/2021) 3 13 0
Calumet Transitional Housing Unit – NHDOC (2/3/2021) 14 5 0
Carriage Hill Assisted Living (2/13/2021) 13 9 3
Carroll County Department of Corrections (2/23/2021) 3 10 0
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
Dover Center for Health and Rehabilitation (3/10/2021) 74 49 11
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
Langdon Place of Nashua (2/23/2021) 19 18 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
Merrimack County Nursing Home (3/8/2021) 45 51 6
Mt. Carmel Nursing and Rehabilitation Manchester (6/26/2020) 38 16 5
Mt. Carmel Nursing and Rehabilitation Manchester (3/17/2021) 12 7 0
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
St. Vincent Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (2/26/2021) 35 15 4
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
Sullivan County Department of Corrections (2/24/2021) 35 12 0
Sullivan County Nursing Home (2/26/2021) 123 57 3
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 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories 363 545 362 0 53 269 549 306
LabCorp 489 541 470 216 358 504 503 440
Quest Diagnostics 584 458 442 350 261 279 706 440
Mako Medical 4 859 4 17 0 627 482 285
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 444 572 379 167 204 524 57 335
NorDX Laboratory 408 246 166 39 66 515 341 254
Broad Institute 2,593 5,963 3,932 736 890 4,474 4,727 3,331
Other NH Hospital Laboratory 430 410 230 260 344 439 603 388
Other Laboratory* 573 415 241 229 297 499 646 414
University of New Hampshire** 4,008 4,042 2,047 63 3,742 4,501 2,763 3,024
Total 9,896 14,051 8,273 2,077 6,215 12,631 11,377 9,217
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 Daily Average
LabCorp 7 14 9 0 4 8 15 8
Quest Diagnostics 11 8 5 0 5 17 18 9
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 0 7 3 1 4 5 0 3
NorDX Laboratory 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1
Other Laboratory* 6 8 5 3 4 5 4 5
Total 24 37 22 4 20 35 38 26

* 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.