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COVID-19 Update February 11

COVID-19 Update February 11

  • Total: 2,215 confirmed cases in Salem. 
  • Salem’s Positivity Rate for the past 2 weeks: 9.3%
  • 1 out of every 13 Salem residents has been infected
  • Salem today: 15 new cases; 113 active cases.

• • • • • • Report from NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) • • • • • • 

On Thursday, February 11, 2021, DHHS announced 394 new positive test results for COVID-19, for a current PCR test positivity rate of 2.5%. Today’s results include 311 people who tested positive by PCR test and 83 who tested positive by antigen test. There are now 3,146 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire. Of the results reported today: 

  • 2/9: 11 new cases today, for an updated total of 375 cases 
  • 2/10: 383 new cases 

Test results for previous days are still being processed and the total number of new positives for those days are not yet complete. Updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard. 

• • • • • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT • • • • • •

  • Today Salem dropped down to 1 out of 13 residents have been infected with COVID-19. (7.43%) We are 169 people away from 1:12. Let’s try really hard to not reach that level.
  • For the fourth day in a row, Salem’s active have increased.
  • At least we aren’t as bad as Durham, which has gone from 76 active cases two days ago to 102 yesterday to 160 today. They have now joined Manchester and Nashua with more active cases than Salem.
  • Yesterday our positivity rate (PCR + Antigen) for the previous seven days was 10.1%. Today we are back down to 9.3%. A week ago, we were 7.4%. By comparison, Rockingham County went from 7.0 to 6.8%, and the State of NH went from 4.7% to 4.3%. NH’s daily rate for PCR tests has gone from 2,9% to 2.5%.
  • New cases in NH over the past week have ranged from 121 to 500, with a daily average of 378. Today NH DHHS reported 394 new cases.
  • Rockingham County now has over 17,000 total cases. Hillsborough County is he only county with more than us. (They will likely hit 28,000 before the end of the weekend.). Merrimack County is the third, having just passed 7,000. By comparison, Manchester has over 9,200 confirmed cases.
  • NH has 3,146 active cases today, four more than yesterday.
  • Since the last update, 4 people have been admitted to the hospital for the first time, including one person from Rockingham County. NH’s has now had 1,069 people hospitalized; Rockingham County is  at 247.
  • The number of people who are currently in the hospital has decreased for the fifth consecutive day. since the last update. Today’s 138 is the lowest level since November 28. 
  • One more person died in NH from COVID since the last update, bringing the total to 1,116 or 1.61% of all confirmed cases.

• • • • Ratios • • • • • •

  • Salem is now 1:13, the second highest of major communities, and fifth highest of all NH communities.
  • Ratios of communities with large populations (>15,000) and high infection rates: Manchester is1:12. Salem is 1:13. Bedford, Goffstown, Hudson and Pelham are 1:14. Nashua, Plaistow and Candia are 1:15.
  • Of communities with small populations (<15,000) and high infection rates: Waterville Valley (Population 248) is 1:10. Stewartstown (Population 1,040, 95 infections) is 1:11. Tilton (Pop: 3,673, 294 infections) is 1:12. Windham, Plaistow and Candia are 1:14.

• • • • • • Communities • • • • • •

  • NH DHHS reports that the new cases reside in Strafford (83), Rockingham (81), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (57), Merrimack (31), Cheshire (14), Grafton (12), Sullivan (11), Carroll (10), Belknap (8), and Coos (4) counties, and in the cities of Nashua (39) and Manchester (32). The county of residence is being determined for twelve new cases. 
  • • • • • • • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH • • • • • •
  • New positive cases by my math (Total of today’s cases minus previous total): 365
  • New positive cases per DHHS: 394
    • 299 PCR tests
    • 66 Antigen tests
    • PCR percentage: 81.9%
  • Children under 18 in new cases: 48
  • % of new cases announced by DHHS today that are kids under 18 years old: 12.2%
  • Total positive cases in NH 69,612
  • Percentage of today’s tests that are positive per DHHS: 2.5%
  • Total PCR test results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 2,020
  • New negative results reported: 1,655
  • Total Negative Results: 543,598

• • • • • • ROCKINGHAM COUNTY • • • • • • 

  • Total cases in Rockingham County: 17,025
  • New cases in Rockingham County: 81
  • Rockingham County Positivity Rate: 6.8%
  • Percent of NH cases that are from Rockingham County: 24.5% 

• • • • • • CHANGES BY AGES • • • • • •  
(Totals, including changes in new cases since yesterday.)

  • 0-9: 5% of Total cases: 3229(+16); Hospitalizations: 7; Deaths: 0
  • 10-19: 11% of Total cases: 7345(+60); Hospitalizations: 6; Deaths: 0
  • 20-29: 19% of Total cases: 13221(+111); Hospitalizations: 24; Deaths: 1
  • 30-39: 15% of Total cases: 10165(+39); Hospitalizations: 46 (+1); Deaths: 5
  • 40-49: 13% of Total cases: 9356(+40); Hospitalizations: 84; Deaths: 9
  • 50-59: 16% of Total cases: 11172(+53); Hospitalizations: 138 (+1); Deaths: 20
  • 60-69: 11% of Total cases: 7467(+35); Hospitalizations: 253; Deaths: 92
  • 70-79: 6% of Total cases: 3973(+12); Hospitalizations: 255; Deaths: 246
  • 80+: 5% of Total cases: 3604(+-1); Hospitalizations: 256; Deaths: 744
  • Unknown: 0% of Total cases: 80(+0); Hospitalizations: 0; Deaths: 0

• • • • • • ACTIVE CASES • • • • • •                          

  • Active cases in NH: 3,146
  • Active cases in Rockingham County: 763
  • Percent of NH’s active cases that are in Rockingham County: 24.3%

• • • • • • RECOVERED • • • • • •

  • Recovered today: 360
  • Total Recovered: 65,349
  • Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 93.9% 

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

  • Currently hospitalized: 138
  • New people hospitalized from NH: 4
  • Total hospitalized patients: 1,069
  • Percentage of those who have been infected that have been hospitalized: 1.54%
  • Total admitted to ICU: 334
  • New hospitalized patients from Rockingham County: 1
  • Total hospitalized patients from Rockingham County: 247

• • • • • • 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: 1,117
  • NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 1.60%
  • Lives lost in Rockingham County today: 0
  • Total lives lost in Rockingham County: 192

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.

NH Communities – Jan 31
NH Communities with more than 50 cumulative cases.

The following video was posted almost two months ago. Things have changed in that time. On October 2, US deaths were 1,035,451, according to the video. (My records say 1,033,174 per WorldOmeter.) WorldOMeter now says the global death rate is 1,446,889, an increase of 413,715 in less than two months. Just please remember that there is a lot more between COVID->Death vs. COVID->Recovery. More and more, long-haulers are making the news, as are other consequences of COVID-19.

This screenshot comes from https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm?s_cid=mm6942e2_w

This report is explained here:
https://www.clickondetroit.com/health/2020/10/20/cdc-from-january-to-october-us-had-299k-more-deaths-than-in-previous-years/

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