CONCORD — An employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon who returned from Italy within the past week tested positive in the state laboratory Monday morning for COVID-19, the first novel coronavirus case in New Hampshire, officials confirmed at a news conference hours later.
Dr. Benjamin Chan, the state epidemiologist, said those who tested the individual were using appropriate protective clothing and gear.
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