EFFINGHAM — State officials said Thursday there has been an outbreak of 27 cases of COVID-19 at the Green Mountain Treatment Center, a drug rehab center in Effingham.
New Hampshire State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan discussed Green Mountain’s new cases, along with six other institutional outbreaks, during a news conference in Concord on Thursday. He said there were 13 infections in residents and 14 infections in staff at the center, which is a residential drug rehabilitation facility.
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