CONCORD, NH – On Saturday, September 26, 2020, DHHS announced 38 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 8,121 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 53 percent being female and 47 percent being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (13), Rockingham (7), Strafford (5), Merrimack (4), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (6) and Nashua (2).
No new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 734 (9 percent) of 8,121 cases. Seven 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. 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 one additional death related to COVID-19, a female resident of Hillsborough County, identified as being 60 years of age/or older.
Current Situation in New Hampshire
New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (data updated September 26, 2020, 9 a.m.
| NH Persons with COVID-19 (see 1 below) | 8,121 |
| Recovered | 7,379 (91%) |
| Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 | 439 (5%) |
| Total Current COVID-19 Cases | 303 |
| Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19 | 734 (9%) |
| Current Hospitalizations | 18 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below) | 265,378 |
| Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below) | 30,983 |
| Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL | 46,459 |
| Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below) | 1,242 |
| Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time) | 2,450 |
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, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, 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 | 9/19 | 9/20 | 9/21 | 9/22 | 9/23 | 9/24 | 9/25 | Daily Average |
| NH Public Health Laboratories | 623 | 1,244 | 710 | 826 | 543 | 1,073 | 983 | 857 |
| LabCorp | 865 | 511 | 300 | 680 | 949 | 757 | 244 | 615 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 1,786 | 2,994 | 503 | 791 | 2,129 | 1,377 | 1,248 | 1,547 |
| Mako Medical | 45 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 24 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 724 | 424 | 231 | 917 | 527 | 1,032 | 4 | 551 |
| Other NH Hospital Laboratory | 233 | 159 | 218 | 308 | 365 | 417 | 217 | 274 |
| Other Laboratory* | 285 | 110 | 122 | 140 | 174 | 160 | 92 | 155 |
| University of New Hampshire** | 2,948 | 355 | 2,531 | 5,125 | 3,425 | 5,074 | 1,252 | 2,959 |
| Total | 7,509 | 5,826 | 4,615 | 8,799 | 8,121 | 9,890 | 4,112 | 6,982 |
| Antibody Laboratory Tests | ||||||||
| Testing Laboratory | 9/19 | 9/20 | 9/21 | 9/22 | 9/23 | 9/24 | 9/25 | Daily Average |
| LabCorp | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Quest Diagnostics | 22 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 41 | 27 | 29 | 26 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Other Laboratory* | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| Total | 36 | 4 | 37 | 56 | 62 | 44 | 40 | 40 |
* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not listed in the above table.
** Includes tests conducted at the UNH laboratory and their contracted lab Veritas.
