CONCORD, NH – On Friday, February 19, 2021, DHHS announced 379 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 1.3%. Today’s results include 206 people who tested positive by PCR test and 173 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,056 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today:

2/18: 379 new cases

Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there are 56 individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 48% being female and 52% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (90), Strafford (58), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (50), Merrimack (31), Grafton (30), Cheshire (15), Carroll (10), Coos (10), Belknap (7), and Sullivan (7) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (33) and Nashua (17). The county of residence is being determined for twenty-one new cases.

Community-based transmission continues to occur in the State and has been identified in all counties. Of those with complete risk information, most of the cases have either had close contact with a person with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, are associated with an outbreak setting, or have recently traveled.

DHHS has also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.

1 male resident of Cheshire County, 60 years of age and older
1 male resident of Hillsborough County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 116 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 72,767 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

Current Situation in New Hampshire

New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (updated February 19, 2021, 9 a.m.)

NH Persons with COVID-19	72,767
Recovered	68,559 (94%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19	1,152 (2%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases	3,056
Current Hospitalizations	116
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below)	620,248
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below)	37,313
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL	68,175
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below)	262

1 Includes specimens positive at any laboratory and those confirmed by CDC confirmatory testing.

2 Includes specimens tested at the NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL), LabCorp, Quest, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and those sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.

3 Includes specimens received and awaiting testing at NH PHL. Does not include tests pending at commercial laboratories.

COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Update

Allocation Summary through Thursday, February 18, 2021 – First Doses Only

Phase	Doses allocated to date	Estimated persons in group	% of needed amount allocated
Phase 1a	112,915	112,915	100%
Phase 1b	84,585	325,000	26%
State reserve for outbreaks or emergency needs	1,100	1,100	100%
Total	198,600	439,015	45%

Vaccine Doses Allocated, Distributed, and Administered by Vaccination Site Group

Vaccination Sites	Doses Available for Site to Order¹	Doses Distributed²	Total Doses Administered to Patients³	First Doses	Second Doses
Hospitals	87,465	72,700	74,218	43,008	31,210
Long-term care pharmacy partnership program*	66,300	55,075	41,172	23,594	17,578
State-managed fixed sites	136,000	111,780	101,760	78,506	23,254
Regional public health network mobile sites	24,350	16,630	13,459	10,988	2,471
Other	9,960	5,400	4,334	3,919	415
Total	324,075	261,585	234,943	160,015	74,928

¹ Doses available for site to order are the number of first and second doses that have been made available to the site to order.

² Doses distributed are the number of first and second doses that the site has ordered and received at their location. Orders are based on clinic schedules and average uptake of vaccine by participants.

³ Doses administered may exceed the number of doses distributed due to the ability to get extra doses out of a vial, depending on the type of syringe used.

* The LTCF PPP is a federal program that sends pharmacies into LTCF to vaccinate residents and staff. In order for LTCF to access this program in New Hampshire, NH DHHS was required by the CDC to allocate a fixed number of doses to guarantee that pharmacies would have enough vaccine to complete vaccination administration within a four-week time frame. This program remains on schedule as originally anticipated and will be continually monitored to ensure completeness.

Vaccine Doses Distributed, and Administered by Vaccination Site*

Vaccination Sites¹	Doses Distributed²	Total Doses Administered to Patients³	First Doses	Second Doses
Hospitals
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital	735	775	406	369
Androscoggin Valley Hospital	1,725	1,554	1,207	347
Catholic Medical Center	4,030	4,125	2,184	1,941
Cheshire Medical Center	2,725	2,635	1,322	1,313
Concord Hospital	4,505	4,603	2,625	1,978
Cottage Hospital	385	412	213	199
Elliot Hospital	5,525	5,760	2,953	2,807
Encompass Health	255	264	139	125
Exeter Hospital	3,630	4,071	2,060	2,011
Frisbie Memorial Hospital	1,395	1,425	730	695
Hampstead Hospital	1,065	1,038	868	170
Huggins Hospital	1,985	1,721	1,485	236
Littleton Regional Hospital	2,015	2,198	1,771	427
Lakes Region General Hospital	3,935	3,740	2,856	884
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	14,850	15,399	8,533	6,866
Memorial Hospital	2,445	2,429	1,755	674
Monadnock Community Hospital	1,065	1,025	521	504
New London Hospital	685	710	362	348
New Hampshire Hospital	900	885	456	429
Northeast Rehab Hospital	1,290	1,288	664	624
Parkland Medical Center	1,130	1,145	582	563
Portsmouth Regional Hospital	2,875	3,110	1,594	1,516
Southern NH Medical Center	3,160	3,228	1,643	1,585
Speare Memorial Hospital	565	669	357	312
St. Joseph Hospital	2,410	2,477	1,289	1,188
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital	605	509	435	74
Valley Regional Hospital	500	509	267	242
Weeks Medical Center	1,300	1,257	966	291
Wentworth Douglass Hospital	5,010	5,257	2,765	2,492
State-managed fixed sites
State of NH- Capital Area	12,050	12,412	9,248	3,164
State of NH- Carroll County	2,460	1,509	1,175	334
State of NH- Central NH	3,650	3,965	3,253	712
State of NH- Greater Monadnock	8,760	8,162	6,767	1,395
State of NH- Greater Nashua	15,610	13,002	9,730	3,272
State of NH- Greater Sullivan	4,070	3,963	3,256	707
State of NH- Manchester	15,590	13,912	10,516	3,396
State of NH- North Country	1,580	746	594	152
State of NH- Seacoast	13,310	12,148	8,947	3,201
State of NH- South Central	13,620	12,872	9,993	2,879
State of NH- Strafford County	11,420	11,334	9,037	2,297
State of NH- Upper Valley	3,785	3,486	2,661	825
State of NH- Winnipesaukee	5,875	4,249	3,329	920
Regional Public Health Networks (RPHNs)
Capital Area RPHN	1,820	1,716	1,325	391
Carroll County RPHN	1,035	1,003	711	292
Central NH RPHN	2,710	1,781	1,485	296
Greater Manchester RPHN	840	463	415	48
Greater Nashua RPHN	960	867	833	34
Greater Sullivan County RPHN	390	354	354	0
North Country RPHN	1,760	1,492	1,064	428
Seacoast RPHN	880	1,027	991	36
South Central RPHN	510	456	330	126
Strafford County RPHN	2,165	1,847	1,628	219
Upper Valley RPHN	2,210	1,070	868	202
Winnipesaukee RPHN	1,350	1,383	984	399

¹ Vaccine is distributed equitably across the state to vaccination sites based on a pro-rata share of vaccines available each week and population size of the region being served.

² Doses distributed are the number of doses that the site has ordered and received at their location. Orders are based on clinic schedules and average uptake of vaccine by participants.

³ Doses administered may exceed the number of doses distributed due to the ability to get extra doses out of a vial, depending on the type of syringe used.

Note: Data presented represent doses distributed and administered through February 18, 2021.

Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
Testing Laboratory	2/12	2/13	2/14	2/15	2/16	2/17	2/18	Daily Average
NH Public Health Laboratories	574	640	42	36	92	770	779	419
LabCorp	602	454	494	467	716	646	290	524
Quest Diagnostics	663	685	566	212	595	635	577	562
Mako Medical	152	11	136	301	377	29	1	144
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	389	400	287	267	664	398	0	344
NorDX Laboratory	343	131	74	58	690	385	651	333
Broad Institute	2,613	5,350	870	2,640	4,846	3,065	2,835	3,174
Other NH Hospital Laboratory	413	289	243	379	406	341	584	379
Other Laboratory*	362	236	283	288	497	247	124	291
University of New Hampshire**	4,143	2,924	54	3,877	3,912	3,634	3,868	3,202
Total	10,254	11,120	3,049	8,525	12,795	10,150	9,709	9,372
Antibody Laboratory Tests
Testing Laboratory	2/12	2/13	2/14	2/15	2/16	2/17	2/18	Daily Average
LabCorp	11	9	2	2	31	8	0	9
Quest Diagnostics	52	21	6	1	25	17	12	19
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	8	4	1	8	3	7	0	4
NorDX Laboratory	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Other Laboratory*	10	13	0	11	9	5	0	7
Total	82	47	9	22	69	37	12	40

* Includes out-of-state public health laboratories, out-of-state hospital laboratories, and other commercial laboratories not already listed in the table.

Note: Patients who had both antibody and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are accounted for in both tables.

** Includes tests conducted at the UNH laboratory and their contracted lab Veritas.