THAT ADDS UP TO 28 PERCENT OF ALL THE CASES REPORTED IN THE STATE SINCE MARCH. 279 NEW CASES TONIGHT MARKS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY OF DECLINING NUMBERS SINCE NEW HAMPSHIRE’S DAILY RECORD WAS SET ON FRIDAY. BUT THE áCURRENT CASE COUNT CONTINUES TO BREAK DAILY RECORDS… WITH 3,551 PEOPLE NOW ACTIVELY FIGHTING COVID-19. <ZOOMó0, 8:13-8:23 OUR NUMBERS ARE NOT TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION AND WE REALLY HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE BASICS AND I KNOW FOLKS ARE FATIGUED FROM HEARING IT BUT FACE COVERINGS DO WORK.> THE DAILY PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE TESTS DROPPED FROM 4 POINT 3 PERCENT YESTERDAY… TO 2 POINT OH PERCENT TODAY. 77 PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED IN HOSPITALS… THAT NUMBER HAS DOUBLED SINCE NOVEMBER FIRST. <CLIP 2377, 15:39-15:45 IT CAN ALL BE MANAGED TO BE SURE BUT THE NUMBER ONE MANAGEMENT TOOL IS THAT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES SAFE.> GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU… WARNING GRANITE STATERS TO STAY VIGILANT AND RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF COVID FATIGUE. <CLIP 2377, 14:50-14:58 YOU’LL SEE A NUMBER WELL INTO THE 500, 600, 700, MAYBE EVEN OVER 1,000 CASES PER DAY IN THE COMING WEEKS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE’VE SEEN THAT’S WHERE OTHER STATES HAVE GONE.> AND WITH THE CHALLENGES OF COLDER WEATHER AND THE HOLIDAYS UPON US… HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO TOUGH IT OUT A LITTLE LONGER. <ZOOMó0, 7:28-7:37 WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT NOT ALL OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS MAY HAVE A ROBUST IMMUNE SYSTEM AND WE DON’T WANT TO PUT THOSE FOLKS AT RISK BECAUSE THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY.> TWO MORE GRANITE STATERS HAVE DIED… BOTH 60 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. THAT BRING
279 new COVID-19 cases announced by NH health officials, 2 additional deaths
Updated: 10:41 PM EST Nov 17, 2020
New Hampshire health officials reported 279 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths on Sunday.>> Download the FREE WMUR appOne woman who died was a resident of Hillsborough County, the other was from Merrimack County. Both were 60 years of age and older. The statewide death toll now stands at 502.Of the 279 new cases, 198 people tested positive through a PCR test and 81 tested positive through antigen testing. The daily positivity rate was 2.0%.Tuesday marks the fourth straight daily decline of daily new cases since hitting the record of 462 cases announced on Nov. 13. There have now been 15,303 New Hampshire residents diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Of them, 11,250 have recovered, and 3,551 cases are active.No new hospitalizations were announced Sunday, with the total number of hospitalizations at 817. Seventy-seven people are currently hospitalized in the state. That is the highest number of hospitalizations since June 10 when there were 81. ** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data: Interactive map | Text-only list **PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0iaW5mb2dyYW0tZW1iZWQiIGRhdGEtaWQ9Il8va2I1OW5tSmpubGlPTUt4M1lpd1YiIGRhdGEtdHlwZT0iaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUiIGRhdGEtdGl0bGU9Ik5IIENvcm9uYXZpcnVzIENPVklELTE5Ij48L2Rpdj48c2NyaXB0PiFmdW5jdGlvbihlLGksbixzKXt2YXIgdD0iSW5mb2dyYW1FbWJlZHMiLGQ9ZS5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgic2NyaXB0IilbMF07aWYod2luZG93W3RdJiZ3aW5kb3dbdF0uaW5pdGlhbGl6ZWQpd2luZG93W3RdLnByb2Nlc3MmJndpbmRvd1t0XS5wcm9jZXNzKCk7ZWxzZSBpZighZS5nZXRFbGVtZW50QnlJZChuKSl7dmFyIG89ZS5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KCJzY3JpcHQiKTtvLmFzeW5jPTEsby5pZD1uLG8uc3JjPSJodHRwczovL2UuaW5mb2dyYW0uY29tL2pzL2Rpc3QvZW1iZWQtbG9hZGVyLW1pbi5qcyIsZC5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShvLGQpfX0oZG9jdW1lbnQsMCwiaW5mb2dyYW0tYXN5bmMiKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
New Hampshire health officials reported 279 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths on Sunday.
One woman who died was a resident of Hillsborough County, the other was from Merrimack County. Both were 60 years of age and older. The statewide death toll now stands at 502.
Of the 279 new cases, 198 people tested positive through a PCR test and 81 tested positive through antigen testing. The daily positivity rate was 2.0%.
Tuesday marks the fourth straight daily decline of daily new cases since hitting the record of 462 cases announced on Nov. 13.
There have now been 15,303 New Hampshire residents diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Of them, 11,250 have recovered, and 3,551 cases are active.
No new hospitalizations were announced Sunday, with the total number of hospitalizations at 817. Seventy-seven people are currently hospitalized in the state. That is the highest number of hospitalizations since June 10 when there were 81.
** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data: Interactive map | Text-only list **