COVID-19 Update August 18

COVID-19 Update August 18

Total: 292 confirmed cases
1 out of every 101 Salem residents has been infected.
Salem Today: 0 new cases, 11 active cases.

• • • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT• • • • • •

None of the 13 new infections reported in NH today were Salem residents.
Results were returned for less than 1,000 tests; with a positivity rate of 1.39%.
The daily average of tests returned over the past week is only 922 tests per day.
No children were reported today to have been diagnosed with COVID. It has been a week since we had a day without a child infected. Over the past week, there has been a daily average of more than 2.5 children per day, and just under 2.5 per day over the past two weeks.
We are down to 260 active cases in the state.
Although we added three more people who have been hospitalized, the hospital census has gone down by three, to 12 patients.
Sadly, NH lost another victim from COVID, a male from Rockingham County, aged over 60.
Nashua has now had more than 800 people that have been infected with coronavirus.
Massachusetts’ positivity rate is pretty similar to NH.

• • • • • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH • • • • • •

New positive cases per DHHS: 13
My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 13
Children under 18 in new cases: 0
Total positive cases in NH: 7,017
Percentage of today’s tests that are positive: 1.39%
Active cases: 260
Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 3.7%
New cases in Rockingham County: 4
Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,733
Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 81%
Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 936
The daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 922
New negative PCR cases in NH: 926
Total negative cases in NH: 179,890

• • • • • OTHER TEST RESULTS • • • • • •

New antibody tests: 83
Total antibody tests (No break down of positive vs. negative): 28,782
The daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 97
Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1

• • • • • RECOVERED IN NH • • • • • •

Announced today: 31
Total Recovered: 6,333
Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 90.3%

• • • • • HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH • • • • • •

New: 3
Current: 12
Total Hospitalized: 712
Percentage of those who have been infected that have been hospitalized: 10.15%
Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 1.7%

• • • • • DEATHS IN NH • • • • • •

Lives lost today: 1
Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 1
Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 424
NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 6.0%
Lives lost in Rockingham today: 1

These are not simply numbers. We must not forget that these are all someone’s husband or wife, mother or father, sister or brother, son or daughter, friend or neighbor.

I seem to have misplaced my magic wand. If you find it, can you please wave it, and send this COVID-19 away. You could also end some rest my way. We are all tired, which means we are going to get sloppy. I can see it, even in people that I care about. We have good numbers because we have been acting carefully and responsibly. Please don’t stop. Stay safe, and always, be kind.

~Bonnie

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