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NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – June 8, 2020

NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – June 8, 2020

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Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has issued the following update on the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

On Monday, June 8, 2020, DHHS announced 37 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 5,079 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, all are adults with 70% being female and 30% being male. The new cases reside in Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (10), Rockingham (6), Merrimack (3), Belknap (2), Cheshire (2), and Coos (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (11) and Nashua (2).

Three new hospitalized cases were identified for a total of 492 (10%) of 5,079 cases. Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Most of the cases have had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis or are associated with an outbreak setting.

DHHS has no additional deaths to announce.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

 New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report
(data updated June 8, 2020, 9:00 AM)

 

NH Persons with COVID-191

5,079

Recovered

3,392 (67%)

Deaths Attributed to COVID-19

286 (6%)

Total Current COVID-19 Cases

1,401

Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19

492 (10%)

Current Hospitalizations

78

Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2

87,123

Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2

13,989

Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL

29,024

Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3

1,412

Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)

4,025

1Includes specimens positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.

2Includes 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.

3Includes specimens received and awaiting testing at NH PHL. Does not include tests pending at commercial laboratories.

Number of Specimens Tested by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests

Testing Laboratory

6/1

6/2

6/3

6/4

6/5

6/6

6/7

Daily Average

NH Public Health Laboratories

488

204

578

782

268

372

610

472

LabCorp

195

121

831

346

381

365

318

365

Quest Diagnostics

481

617

926

665

580

533

378

597

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

110

68

273

411

280

209

198

221

Other NH Hospital Laboratory

226

115

177

311

44

35

n/a**

151

Other Laboratory*

27

39

28

24

20

21

31

27

Total

1,527

1,164

2,813

2,539

1,573

1,535

1,535

1,812

Antibody Laboratory Tests

Testing Laboratory

6/1

6/2

6/3

6/4

6/5

6/6

6/7

Daily Average

LabCorp

1

3

34

30

27

24

11

19

Quest Diagnostics

190

330

274

294

253

247

45

233

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

1

24

16

16

24

29

7

17

Other Laboratory*

11

8

6

8

8

16

6

9

Total

203

365

330

348

312

316

69

278

* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not

already listed in the table.

** Not available at the time of this report.

 

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