COVID-19 Update May 2 Salem: 162 confirmed cases EDITED: I didn’t proof the numbers provided by the NH Department of Health & Human Services. Neither did they. I realized this morning (May 3) that they didn’t add up properly. DHHS has amended their report, in the number of current cases. The number of active cases …
COVID-19 Update May 1
COVID-19 Update May 1 Salem has 154 confirmed cases, an increase of 8, putting us at 53 cases per 10,000 people. Yesterday was the day with the highest number of new positive cases, but today was almost double that number. A few days ago, we had the most deaths, but, with 9 lives lost, today …
COVID-19 Update April 30
COVID-19 Update April 30 Salem has 146 confirmed cases, an increase of 3, putting us at 50 cases per 10,000 people. Six more people died today. They were someone’s family or friend. A record of 92 new cases were diagnosed today. That’s not unexpected, as we are supposedly doing more testing. Surprisingly, however, we only …
COVID-19 Update April 29
COVID-19 Update April 29 Salem has 143 confirmed cases. Today it was reported that six more people lost their lives to COVID-19, including two men and two women from Rockingham County. All were 60 years old or older. After two slow days, today was the day with the most test results: 1,175, of which 1,131 …
COVID-19 Update April 28
COVID-19 Update April 28 Salem has 143 confirmed cases. I think. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services says Salem has 143 total cases, which is down 1 from yesterday. Puzzling! (And, yes, I triple checked my numbers.) Happily, NH went another 24 hours without losing any of our residents to COVID-19, although 7 …
COVID-19 Update April 27
COVID-19 Update April 27 Salem has 144 confirmed cases. We are number one! Usually, that’s a good thing. When it comes to cases per 10,000 residents, Salem has more than any other municipality in the state, with 49 cases per 10K. (Manchester and Nashua still have more cases than Salem, but we have more per …
COVID-19 Update April 26
COVID-19 Update April 26 Happily, no loss of life attributed to COVID-19 was reported in the last 24 hours. With 77 new cases, and 2 recovered, the current number of cases is back over 1,000. Unfortunately, ten days after Dr. Chan said he thought we had hit a plateau with hospitalizations, with several days averaging …
COVID-19 Update April 25
COVID-19 Update April 25 Some days are harder than others. Sadly, seven people lost their lives, the most single-day loss that we’ve seen; all were 60 years of age or older. With 14 new hospitalizations, there are now 95 patients in our hospitals with COVID-19, the most patients thus far. 13% of those officially diagnosed …
COVID-19 Update April 24
COVID-19 Update April 24 Today another 2 people lost their lives in NH from COVID-19. This makes a total of 53 deaths so far. Another 53 positive cases were announced, with 15 coming from Rockingham County. Six more patients were hospitalized, bringing the total to 224 (13% of those confirmed with a COVID-19 diagnosis.) Governor Sununu …
COVID-19 Update April 23
COVID-19 Update April 23 Thanks to DJ Bettencourt, who is Governor Sununu’s Policy Director, for providing the count of confirmed cases in Salem. We have seen an increase of 91 cases in the 20 days from April 3. Today we received the sad news that another 3 lives have been lost in NH. This makes …
COVID-19 Update April 22
COVID-19 Update April 22 Today was the worst day that NH has seen thus far. Six families lost their loved ones, while 97 more people were diagnosed with COVID-19, and only 4 more are recovered, for a total of 990 active cases — 87 more than yesterday. 100 more are being monitored. There were 7 …
COVID-19 Update April 21
COVID-19 Update April 21 New cases continue to outweigh the recovered cases, but new cases are slightly less than the past few days. It’s not time to celebrate yet; I expect that we will get another dump of data from Massachusetts very soon; that seems to be the pattern. Happily, NH had no deaths reported …
COVID-19 Update April 20
COVID-19 Update April 20 Yesterday was a fairly quiet day for news. There aren’t a lot of news stories today, but there is some pretty complex information. The lawsuit against Governor Sununu deserved more than one paragraph. Stay safe, and, always, be kind. Remember, this is all temporary. Key points covered in today’s report: …
COVID-19 Update April 19
COVID-19 Update April 19 It was a fairly quiet day for news, but I expect tomorrow will be a lot busier. Tomorrow we are looking forward to the report from Chief Larry Best and others from Salem’s Emergency Operations Center. Their presentation will be aired at 7:00 on Channel 23. See below in the “Salem …
COVID-19 Update April 18
COVID-19 Update April 18 It was a fairly quiet day for news, so no update from the Governor. Stay safe, and, always, be kind. Key points covered in today’s report: Today brought 56 new cases, including two males under 18 years of age. The new confirmed cases reported was less than we’ve seen for several …
COVID-19 Update April 17
COVID-19 Update April 17 Yay! No computer issues this evening! Have a great weekend. Stay safe, and, always, be kind. Key points covered in today’s report: Today was one of the worst days. We have only had one day with more than today’s 76 new cases. We also lost three more souls. Only 220 test …
COVID-19 Update April 16
COVID-19 Update April 16 Another day with a lot of news, mostly from the Governor’s press conference. Please forgive any typos; my system is continuing to crash; GoDaddy has no idea why. This is getting old; I’m tired and frustrated! Key points covered in today’s report: Today there were another 71 new cases. Derry now has …
COVID-19 Update April 15
COVID-19 Update April 15 With some of the recent numbers, it is hard to stay positive. But this, too, shall pass. We are getting closer to the peak; there is every expectation that the numbers will begin to go down soon. Try to keep your spirits up, while staying home. When you can’t stay home, …
COVID-19 Update April 14
COVID-19 Update April 14 I thought this would be done at 10:30, but after numerous crashes tonight, two phone calls to my web host, and a change in my web browser, it’s 3:00 a.m. I hope I’ve caught everything, but it’s too late to do any more proofing. It is what it is. Key points …
COVID-19 Update April 13
COVID-19 Update April 13 Key points covered in today’s report: Today NH passed the 1,000 case mark. Today there were 35 new cases, with almost half of them in Rockingham County. Salem’s Emergency Operations Center team made a presentation at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting today, Monday, April 13. My summary is in this post. The …