There have now been more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, state health officials said Tuesday.The milestone comes more than 500 days after the first case was confirmed in New Hampshire. It also comes as the state saw the most cases in a single day, 61, since the start of June.Health officials also announced another COVID-19 death, a Rockingham County woman age 60. There have been 1,384 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in New Hampshire since the pandemic began.Health officials said the highly contagious delta variant has been fueling the spread of the virus nationwide, especially among unvaccinated people. “This could be contributed to people coming into contact more as they try to resume normal life,” said Dr. Beth Daly, the chief of the state Bureau of Infectious Disease Control. “It could also be driven by the delta variant, which we have identified in our state, but also, when you look nationally, the increase is thought to be driven by the delta variant.”Catholic Medical Center in Manchester is treating four COVID-19 patients, while Solution Health, which includes Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health, has six COVID-19 patients. Those numbers are low, but the hospitals went months without seeing any COVID-19 patients. Doctors said people who are hospitalized with the virus now are more often than not unvaccinated. Patients are also younger than the patients being treated during the early months of the pandemic. “The best thing we can do to minimize that and allow people to continue to get back to normal is to get vaccinated,” said Dr. Michael Gilbert, chief medical officer for Catholic Medical Center.Gilbert said if cases continue to rise, there could be a new push for people to wear masks again in more places if they want to slow the spread of the virus. There have been no changes to the state’s recommendations, but officials still urge everyone to take proper precautions, including hand hygiene and staying home if sick.Most counties in New Hampshire are still experiencing minimal community spread of the virus. The exception is Coos County, where there is substantial spread of COVID-19.** Town-by-town COVID-19 case data **
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
There have now been more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, state health officials said Tuesday.
The milestone comes more than 500 days after the first case was confirmed in New Hampshire. It also comes as the state saw the most cases in a single day, 61, since the start of June.
Health officials also announced another COVID-19 death, a Rockingham County woman age 60. There have been 1,384 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in New Hampshire since the pandemic began.
Health officials said the highly contagious delta variant has been fueling the spread of the virus nationwide, especially among unvaccinated people.
“This could be contributed to people coming into contact more as they try to resume normal life,” said Dr. Beth Daly, the chief of the state Bureau of Infectious Disease Control. “It could also be driven by the delta variant, which we have identified in our state, but also, when you look nationally, the increase is thought to be driven by the delta variant.”
Catholic Medical Center in Manchester is treating four COVID-19 patients, while Solution Health, which includes Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health, has six COVID-19 patients.
Those numbers are low, but the hospitals went months without seeing any COVID-19 patients.
Doctors said people who are hospitalized with the virus now are more often than not unvaccinated. Patients are also younger than the patients being treated during the early months of the pandemic.
“The best thing we can do to minimize that and allow people to continue to get back to normal is to get vaccinated,” said Dr. Michael Gilbert, chief medical officer for Catholic Medical Center.
Gilbert said if cases continue to rise, there could be a new push for people to wear masks again in more places if they want to slow the spread of the virus. There have been no changes to the state’s recommendations, but officials still urge everyone to take proper precautions, including hand hygiene and staying home if sick.
Most counties in New Hampshire are still experiencing minimal community spread of the virus. The exception is Coos County, where there is substantial spread of COVID-19.