A 34-year-old Hooksett man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was found late Monday afternoon hanging in his cell in the Valley Street jail.
Nashua High South is being set up with stretchers, hospital equipment, and supplies that may be needed for additional medical treatments.
U.S. Census Bureau officials have shifted timelines for 2020 Census operations and anticipate hiring more census-takers in New Hampshire and nationwide in preparation for intense canvassing later this year.
Governor Chris Sununu issued five more emergency orders on Monday, bringing the total number up to 15 since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis.
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.
The governor announced a news conference set for Monday at 1 p.m. in Concord, but has not publicly spoken of a plan to order a “shelter in place” for residents, or a mandatory closure of businesses.
On Sunday, March 22, 2020, DHHS announced 13 new positive test results for COVID-19. There have now been 78 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in New Hampshire. The new cases are all adults, including nine males and four females.
On Saturday, Governor Chris Sununu issued his tenth emergency order of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, requiring grocers and retail stores to temporarily transition to single-use paper or plastic bags.
First positive result detected in Strafford County.
Given the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other testing supplies, healthcare providers in New Hampshire must preserve the State’s existing inventory of these materials to care for patients who will develop severe COVID-19 illness, as well as exposed health care providers and exposed first responders.
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.
On Friday March 20 at 12 p.m., Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), and Annie Kuster (NH-02) and will hold their second telephone town hall to discuss the coronavirus and provide an update to New Hampshire residents.
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.
Daily update from the NH Department of Health and Human Services.
The City of Manchester has received numerous phone calls and emails from citizens that want to know what they can do to help their community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
