32 fully vaccinated people died from COVID in N.H., according to DHHS

CONCORD — The state Department of Health and Human Services says 32 people who were fully vaccinated have died from COVID-19 accounting for 7 percent of such deaths since since late January, but provided few details to put the numbers in context.

There have been 458 total COVID-19 deaths, including 32 involving breakthrough cases or 7 percent as of Oct. 6, said Jake Leon, spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services. He didn’t specify a starting date but in the past Leon has counted breakthrough cases starting Jan. 20.