New Hampshire COVID Cases Increase To 8,680 Deaths To 444

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New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report

(data updated as of October 5, 2020 - 9:00 AM)

https://www.nh.gov/covid19/

Number of Persons with COVID-19 1	8,680
Recovered	7,746 (89%)
Deaths Attributed to COVID-19	444 (5%)
Total Current COVID-19 Cases	490
Persons Who Have Been Hospitalized for COVID-19	743 (9%)
Current Hospitalizations	22
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)2	282,659
Total Persons Tested at Selected Laboratories, Antibody Laboratory Tests2	31,281
Persons with Specimens Submitted to NH PHL	47,734
Persons with Test Pending at NH PHL3	1.207
Persons Being Monitored in NH (approximate point in time)	2,750

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, Mako, certain hospital laboratories, the University of New Hampshire and their contracted laboratory, 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.

Due to a technical update impacting the reporting of lab data, the percent positive calculation is not included in tonight's press release. The information will be available on the dashboard after 9 p.m. We will resume including it in the daily press release tomorrow. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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