One more Granite Stater has died of COVID-19 as current cases rose above 3,000 for the first time since February, health officials said Wednesday.The man who died was a resident of Rockingham County age 60 or older, officials said.There were 486 new positive test results reported Wednesday, the most in a single day since Jan. 29. The number of current cases increased to 3,113, the first time current cases were above 3,000 since Feb. 20. While cases have been trending up, current hospitalizations were down three to 77. Over the past week, hospitalizations have been in the 70s to low 80s. Health officials have said that as the most vulnerable Granite Staters get vaccinated, they expect hospitalizations and deaths may not rise at the same rate they did when cases increased during previous peaks of the pandemic.** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data **
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
One more Granite Stater has died of COVID-19 as current cases rose above 3,000 for the first time since February, health officials said Wednesday.
The man who died was a resident of Rockingham County age 60 or older, officials said.
There were 486 new positive test results reported Wednesday, the most in a single day since Jan. 29.
The number of current cases increased to 3,113, the first time current cases were above 3,000 since Feb. 20.
While cases have been trending up, current hospitalizations were down three to 77. Over the past week, hospitalizations have been in the 70s to low 80s.
Health officials have said that as the most vulnerable Granite Staters get vaccinated, they expect hospitalizations and deaths may not rise at the same rate they did when cases increased during previous peaks of the pandemic.