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On Wednesday, the state announced 29 new positive test results for COVID-19 bringing the total to 137 saying community transmission is increasing in New Hampshire.
DHHS issued guidance Tuesday regarding potential community exposure of the coronavirus after DHHS determined that a person with COVID-19 rode on Concord Coach Lines buses over four specific dates in mid-March.
New Hampshire is looking for any and all medical professionals, retired or licensed out of state, businesses and anyone else who would like to help pitch in to help in the COVID-19 crisis as volunteers.
Gov. Chris Sununu announced the state’s first death from COVID-19, an overnight surge of 23 positive tests bringing the state total to 101, and a new limit on gatherings to 10 people.
New Hampshire may be getting an inaccurate picture of what people could face due to COVID-19, the highly contagious coronavirus that has the whole world on edge, with one expert suggesting there are upwards of 300 people already infected here, not the 55 now reported by public health officials.
The state is now prioritizing testing for COVID-19 to people who are very sick, hospitalized or work in the public and could broadly spread the virus such as workers in health-care and long-term care facilities, State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan said at a news conference on Thursday.
The federal Bureau of Prisons told the Berlin Sun on Wednesday that a staffer tested positive for COVID-19 at the Berlin medium-security facility in New Hampshire. No inmates have tested positive.
The superintendent of schools serving Goffstown and New Boston has notified parents that a “staff member in our daily school community” has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky has asked Republican Gov. Chris Sununu to call an emergency session of the Executive Council to help deal with the COVID-19 epidemic.
The state also announced Thursday that 211NH has been mobilized to handle all COVID-19 related calls from New Hampshire residents.