New Hampshire health officials announced 99 new positive test results for COVID-19 on Friday, but some of those cases are from test results that had been delayed and others are from a newly included kind of test.>> Download the free WMUR appHealth officials said 19 of the newly announced cases were from antigen tests. The rapid tests had not previously been included in New Hampshire’s positive case totals because positive results had to then be confirmed by a standard PCR test.Now that the tests are becoming more widely used in the state, those positive results will now be included in the totals.Friday’s figures also include 22 cases that were delayed results from a single lab. The delayed results are not included in the state’s active case counts or positivity rate, health officials said.The inclusion of the new tests has helped push the state’s number of current cases to 456, up from 342 reported Thursday. The total number of cases over the course of the pandemic, 8,534, now includes 139 people, dating back to July, who had a positive antigen test.That figure includes five hospitalizations and one death in the first week of September.There were no new hospitalizations or deaths announced Friday. Over the course of the pandemic, 743 Granite Staters have been hospitalized for COVID-19, and 442 have died. There are currently 20 people hospitalized for the coronavirus.** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data: Interactive map | Text-only list ** 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
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
New Hampshire health officials announced 99 new positive test results for COVID-19 on Friday, but some of those cases are from test results that had been delayed and others are from a newly included kind of test.
Health officials said 19 of the newly announced cases were from antigen tests. The rapid tests had not previously been included in New Hampshire’s positive case totals because positive results had to then be confirmed by a standard PCR test.
Now that the tests are becoming more widely used in the state, those positive results will now be included in the totals.
Friday’s figures also include 22 cases that were delayed results from a single lab. The delayed results are not included in the state’s active case counts or positivity rate, health officials said.
The inclusion of the new tests has helped push the state’s number of current cases to 456, up from 342 reported Thursday. The total number of cases over the course of the pandemic, 8,534, now includes 139 people, dating back to July, who had a positive antigen test.
That figure includes five hospitalizations and one death in the first week of September.
There were no new hospitalizations or deaths announced Friday. Over the course of the pandemic, 743 Granite Staters have been hospitalized for COVID-19, and 442 have died. There are currently 20 people hospitalized for the coronavirus.
** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data: Interactive map | Text-only list **