COVID-19 Update July 25
- Total: 281 confirmed cases (Should have said 280 yesterday)
- 1 out of every 105 Salem residents has been infected.
- Salem Today: 1 new case, 21 active cases.
• • • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT• • • • • •
- For the second day in a row, a Salem resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
- NH DHHS has announced 45 new cases. However, when we subtract the number of total infections from yesterday, the difference is 40. They have explained this in the past that, in the contact tracing process, they find that some people previously reported, were not NH residents.
- Although there were 45 – or 40 – new COVID infections in NH reported today, the number of tests is also up, and the positivity rate is back down to 2.55%.
- 45 more people received the good news that they have recovered.
- Active cases have gone down in most communities. There are only 9 communities left with more than 10 active cases: one with more than 100 cases, and two with more than 50, two with 20-49 cases and four with 10-19 cases. Goffstown (109), Manchester (96), Nashua (54, Derry (25), Salem (21), Bedford (16), Londonderry (12), Concord (11) and Merrimack (11).
- For the first time in four days, less than 1,000 people have died in the US (per WorldOmeter).
• • • • • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH • • • • • •
- New positive cases per DHHS: 45
- My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 40
- Children under 18 in new cases: 3
- Total positive cases in NH: 6,415
- Percentage of tests that are positive: 2.55%
- Active cases: 568
- Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 8.9%
- New cases in Rockingham County: 10
- Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,581
- Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 81%
- Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 1,571
- The daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 1,273
- New negative PCR cases in NH: 1,531
- Total negative cases in NH (as reported by DHHS): 145,875
• • • • • OTHER TEST RESULTS • • • • • •
- New antibody tests: 126
- Total antibody tests (No break down of positive vs. negative): 26,256
- The daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 134
- Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1
• • • • • RECOVERED IN NH • • • • • •
- Announced today: 45
- Total Recovered: 5,438
- Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 84.8%
• • • • • HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH • • • • • •
- New: 1
- Current: 27
- Total Hospitalized: 686
- Percentage of those who have been infected that have been hospitalized: 10.69%
- Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 3.9%
• • • • • DEATHS IN NH • • • • • •
- Lives lost today: 2
- Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 2
- Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
- Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 409
- NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 6.4%
- Lives lost in Rockingham today: 0
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.
Useful links
- If you are having trouble paying your rent or mortgage because of COVID-19, help can be found here.
- Info about COVID-19 testing is compiled in one place on my website.
- Complications of COVID-19 Survivors of all ages can be found on my website.
- Help for Salem residents is on my website.
- A list of COVID-19 Resources can be found on my website.
- An update of nearby communities can be found here.
- Institutional Outbreaks as of June 18 on my website.
- Resources from NH DHHS are on the State’s website.
- Guidance documents from the State are on the State’s website.
- COVID-19 is not the flu. Details on my website.
- The Science Behind Masks. Details on my website.
Not convinced that masks are the right way to go? I’ve collected some scientific research that proves masks are doing what we want them to do. If we all wear masks, we can avoid another shutdown. Your choice. You can read excerpts or the full article collection here. I’ve also put this information in the “Useful Links” section, just above this paragraph.
I updated the graph of Salem’s infections, which can be found right under the calendar.
Watch out! It looks like we have a stretch of really hot weather coming in. Check on your neighbors, especially the elderly. Stay hydrated, stay safe, and always, be kind.
~Bonnie
https://www.bonnie4salem.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/July25-calendar.jpg
Click on the calendar to enlarge
RESOURCES:
My accumulation of resources has been moved. These can now be found at https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-resources/
Salem specific info can be found at https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-cases-in-salem/
The report containing information about other towns, counties and our MA neighbors has been moved to https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-update-nh-towns/I’m updating this information weekly. The last update was May 24.
Sources used to create this report:
- https://www.nh.gov/covid19/
- https://www.boston.com/news/health/2020/03/09/updating-stats-numbers-covid-19-massachusetts
- https://www.cityofmethuen.net/health-division/pages/methuen-covid-19-case-count
- https://www.cityoflawrence.com/AlertCenter.aspx
- https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/05/20/latest-massachusetts-town-city-covid-19-numbers
- https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/salemtownrockinghamcountynewhampshire/PST045219
- https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/coronavirus-testing-by-state-chart-of-new-cases/
- https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus