Oct. 24 NH DHHS COVID-19 update: 129 new positive results wit 30 in Manchester; 2 deaths reported


    CONCORD, NH –On Saturday, October 24, 2020, DHHS announced 129 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a daily PCR test positivity rate of 1.3 percent. Today’s results include 111 people who tested positive by PCR test and 18 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 946 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.

    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 nineteen individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 59 percent being female and 41 percent being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (28), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (24), Strafford (12), Merrimack (11), Belknap (8), Grafton (3), Carroll (2), Cheshire (1), and Sullivan (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (30) and Nashua (5). The county of residence is being determined for four new cases.

    No new hospitalized cases were reported. There are currently ­19 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Two of the new cases had no identified risk factors. 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 are associated with an outbreak setting.

    DHHS has also announced two additional deaths related to COVID-19.

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

    In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 10,238 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 765 (7%) of those having been hospitalized.

    Current Situation in New Hampshire

    New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (data updated October 24, 2020, 9 a.m.)

    NH Persons with COVID-19 (see 1 below)10,238
    Recovered8,819 (86%)
    Deaths Attributed to COVID-19473 (5%)
    Total Current COVID-19 Cases946
    Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19765 (7%)
    Current Hospitalizations19
    Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (see 2 below)329,057
    Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests (see 2 below)31,958
    Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL51,087
    Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL (see 3 below)248
    Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)4,350

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

    2Includes specimens tested at the NH Public Health Laboratories (PHL), LabCorp, Quest, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, and those sent to CDC prior to NH PHL testing capacity.

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


    Number of Tests Conducted by Date of Report to NH DHHS

    Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Tests
    Testing Laboratory10/1710/1810/1910/2010/2110/2210/23Daily Average
    NH Public Health Laboratories693846888687850656519734
    LabCorp9888722399961,0181,093581827
    Quest Diagnostics1,5741,9352,4041,0501,3841,2448641,494
    Mako Medical14000231419138
    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center957215157513870659901610
    Other NH Hospital Laboratory325138304428442450422358
    Other Laboratory*1,9314009441,6721,6862,0302,0501,530
    University of New Hampshire**1,9927684,2853,5294,4684,1753,1563,196
    Total8,4745,1749,2218,87510,74110,4488,5848,788
    Antibody Laboratory Tests
    Testing Laboratory10/1710/1810/1910/2010/2110/2210/23Daily Average
    LabCorp60279905
    Quest Diagnostics182163414202118
    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center31492814
    Other Laboratory*301373645
    Total303355728432632

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

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