COVID-19 Update June 12

COVID-19 Update June 12

• Salem Total: 268 confirmed cases, 1 out of every 110 residents have been infected.
• Salem Today: 0 new cases. 59 active cases.

***** TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT ******

• Globally: 7,731,673 cases; 428,210 deaths
• US: 2,116,922 confirmed cases; 116,825 deaths.
• NH has averaged 4.22% positive cases for the last two weeks; 2.6% in the past week.
• Rockingham and Hillsborough counties account for 82% of all confirmed cases. Manchester has more active cases (294) than all of Rockingham County (215). Most new cases in NH still come from Manchester.
• Another 178 NH residents were reported as “recovered” today.
• Cumulative hospitalization numbers have gone down by one due to a previously-reported hospitalized case being removed from New Hampshire case counts after determining they were not New Hampshire residents.
• I have removed the listing for “NH Residents hospitalized with COVID-19 that died.” Many of the nursing home patients who die are not hospitalized, so this was not a valid statistic.
• If I’m not mistaken, it wasn’t long ago that, for every woman who died, two men were dying from COVID-19. Lately, the deaths seem to be more women. Women now account for 48.6% of the deaths; men account for 51.1%. The gender for one person who died (0.3%) is unknown.
• NH has lost 77 people to complications from COVID-19 over the last two weeks, an average of 5.5 people per day.

***** DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH ******

• New positive cases per DHHS: 46
• My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 42
• Children under 18 in new cases: 1
• Total positive cases in NH: 5,251
• Percentage of tests that are positive: 2.06%
• Active cases: 1,093
• Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 20.8%
• New cases in Rockingham County: 8 per DHHS, 6 by my math.
• Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,406
• Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 82%
• Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 2.039
• Daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 1,421
• New negative PCR cases in NH: 1,997
• Total negative cases in NH (as reported by DHHS): 88,705

***** OTHER TEST RESULTS ******

• New antibody tests: 352
• Total antibody tests (No breakdown of positive vs. negative): 15,236
• Daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 548
• Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1

***** RECOVERED IN NH ******

• Announced today: 178
• Total: 3,843
• Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 73.2%

***** HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH ******

• New: -1
• Current: 75
• Total: 503
• Percentage of all confirmed cases that have been hospitalized: 10%
• Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 15.1%

***** DEATHS IN NH ******

• Lives lost today: 7
• Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 7
• Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
• Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 315
• NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died 6%
• 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.

***** Key points. Read details in the article below ******

• 29-year old Manchester man returns home after battling COVID-19 for weeks
• NH businesses, including one in Salem, say hiring is a challenge
• What’s Open? What’s not?
• N.H. Senate Backs Bill to Bring More Money to Long-Term Care Facilities, Review COVID-19 Response.
• N.H. House Reconvenes for First Session Since COVID-19, But Advances Few Bills
• I updated the chart comparing tests per 100,000 residents in NH and three other states. 

Is it Friday, already? Time is flying! I don’t think I’m the only one who has their days blurring together! Have a great weekend everyone, but please, stay safe, and always, be kind. 

~Bonnie