NH DHHS COVID-19 Update – July 6, 2021

NH Department of Health and Human Services 129 Pleasant Street - State Office Park South Concord, NH 03301

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Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has issued the following update on the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, DHHS announced 16 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Monday, July 5. Today’s results include 12 people who tested positive by PCR test and 4 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced 28 cases from Friday, July 2 (17 by PCR test and 11 by antigen test), 26 cases from Saturday, July 3 (16 by PCR test and 11 by antigen test), and 8 cases from Sunday, July 4 (5 by PCR test and 3 by antigen test). There are now 181 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 56% being female and 44% being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (18), Belknap (7), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (7), Merrimack (6), Cheshire (4), Strafford (4), Grafton (3), Sullivan (3), Carroll (2), and Coos (1) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (11) and Manchester (5). The county of residence is being determined for seven 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 or are associated with an outbreak setting.

DHHS has also announced one additional death related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.  1 male resident of Strafford County, 60 years of age and older

There are currently 13 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 99,626 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.

Current Situation in New Hampshire New Hampshire 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Summary Report (updated July 6, 2021, 9:00 AM) NH Persons with COVID-19 99,626 Recovered 98,072 (98%) Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 1,373 (1%) Total Current COVID-19 Cases 181 Current Hospitalizations 13

COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Update

Age and Sex of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Estimated Received 1 or More Doses Fully Vaccinated Proportion NH Population Group of Proportion of Estimated Proportion of Estimated Population Population persons with Persons Vaccine persons fully Persons Vaccine Size4 1+ doses Coverage vaccinated Coverage Total 1,359,711 100.0% 100.0% 814,037 59.9% 100.0% 729,838 53.7% Sex Female 685,918 50.4% 53.4% 434,969 63.4% 53.4% 389,562 56.8% Male 673,793 49.6% 45.5% 370,107 54.9% 45.6% 332,641 49.4% Unknown n/a n/a 1.1% 8,961 n/a 1.0% 7,635 n/a Age Group (in years) 0 - 15 222,965 16.4% 2.7% 21,910 9.8% 2.4% 17,725 7.9% 16 - 29 243,374 17.9% 15.2% 124,078 51.0% 14.9% 108,614 44.6% 30 - 39 166,811 12.3% 12.3% 100,020 60.0% 12.4% 90,215 54.1% 40 - 49 161,333 11.9% 12.8% 104,160 64.6% 12.9% 94,099 58.3% 50 - 64 311,364 22.9% 28.7% 233,590 75.0% 28.9% 210,916 67.7% 65 - 74 152,669 11.2% 17.3% 140,805 92.2% 17.6% 128,354 84.1% 75+ 101,195 7.4% 11.0% 89,474 88.4% 10.9% 79,915 79.0%

Race/Ethnicity Identified COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Race/Ethnicity is known for 92% of COVID-19 vaccine recipients. Estimated Received 1 or More Doses Fully Vaccinated Proportion NH Race/Ethnicity of Proportion of Estimated Proportion of Estimated Population Population persons with Persons Vaccine persons fully Persons Vaccine Size4 1+ doses Coverage vaccinated Coverage White2 1,220,437 89.8% 81.1% 660,464 54.1% 82.0% 598,264 49.0% Hispanic/Latino1 54,589 4.0% 2.9% 23,832 43.7% 2.8% 20,194 37.0% Black or African American2 20,054 1.5% 1.0% 8,446 42.1% 1.0% 7,271 36.3% Asian2 39,797 2.9% 3.5% 28,406 71.4% 3.2% 23,615 59.3% Other3 24,834 1.8% Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Ω Unknown / Not Reported n/a n/a 8.1% 65,806 n/a 7.7% 56,288 n/a Total 1,359,711 100.0% 100.0% 814,037 59.9% 100.0% 729,838 53.7% 1 Hispanic/Latino includes people of any race. 2 All other races are non-Hispanic/Latino or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity unknown. 3 Other includes non-Hispanic: American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, or two or more races. 4 Census Bureau Population Estimates 7/1/19 from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-detail.html Data represent persons vaccinated at NH vaccination sites and through the federal LTC pharmacy partnership program through July 4th, 2021 and entered into the New Hampshire Immunization Information System. Vaccine doses administered through other federal vaccine programs are not included (n=24,324). Ω Data are temporarily unavailable due to a technical issue.

Vaccine Doses Administered by Vaccination Site Group

3 Total Doses 1-dose 2-dose Vaccine Vaccination Sites Administered Vaccine2 1 to Patients Doses First Doses Second Doses

Hospitals 169,875 1,131 85,789 82,955 Long-term care pharmacy partnership program* 48,910 0 26,526 22,384 State-managed fixed sites 820,575 6,986 413,513 400,076 Regional public health network mobile sites 130,964 7,005 65,125 58,834 Retail Pharmacy** 301,960 15,008 165,111 121,841 Outpatient Healthcare Locations 15,997 1,310 10,013 4,674 Supersites 38,197 22,451 9,444 6,302 Other 17,380 772 10,449 6,159 Total 1,543,858 54,663 785,970 703,225 1 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. 2 Includes the single-dose Janssen Biotech vaccine. 3 Includes the 2-dose Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. * 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 ended on March 31, 2021. **Retail Pharmacy: Includes doses allocated to the State of NH that were distributed to a Pharmacy in addition to doses allocated directly from the federal government to the federal retail pharmacy partnership program. Note: Data presented represent doses distributed and administered through July 4th, 2021.

The most up-to-date laboratory testing data and positivity rates are available on the COVID-19 dashboards at https://www.covid19.nh.gov/dashboard/overview.

For more information, please visit the DHHS COVID-19 webpage at https://www.covid19.nh.gov/.

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