State Announces 1,367 New COVID-19 Cases, 8 Deaths, 466 Hospitalizations Friday

CONCORD -- On Friday, Dec. 10, the Department of Health and Human Services announced 1,146 new positive test results for COVID-19 for Thursday, Dec. 9. The results include 839 people who tested positive by PCR test and 307 who tested positive by antigen test. DHHS also announced an additional 52 new cases from Friday, Dec. 3 (29 by PCR and 23 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,699; an additional 94 new cases from Saturday, Dec. 4 (75 by PCR and 19 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,397; an additional six new cases from Sunday, Dec. 5 (three by PCR and three by antigen test) for a new total of 750; an additional 39 new cases from Monday, Dec. 6 (0 by PCR and 39 by antigen test) for a new total of 837; an additional two new cases from Tuesday, Dec. 7 (one by PCR and one by antigen test) for a new total of 1,193; and an additional 28 new cases from Wednesday, Dec. 8 (19 by PCR and 9 by antigen test) for a new total of 1,436. Test results for previous days are still being processed and updated case counts for prior days will be reflected on the COVID-19 interactive dashboard. There are now 10,138 current COVID-19 cases diagnosed in New Hampshire.

Several cases are still under investigation. Additional information from ongoing investigations will be incorporated into future COVID-19 updates. Of those with complete information, there are three hundred and fifty-seven individuals under the age of 18 and the rest are adults with 50 percent being female and 50 percent being male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (266), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (166), Merrimack (151), Cheshire (122), Strafford (109), Grafton (86), Belknap (71), Sullivan (57), Carroll (50), and Coos (23) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (106) and Nashua (65). The county of residence is being determined for ninety-five new cases.