COVID-19 Update July 21

COVID-19 Update July 21

Total: 279 confirmed cases
1 out of every 106 residents has been infected.
Salem Today: 0 new cases, 19 active cases.

• • • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT• • • • • •

No changes to Salem’s numbers!
NH’s new cases are very low.
The positivity rate is 1.82%.
Nashua now has more than 700 cases. Middlesex MA now has over 25,000 people who have had confirmed infections.
New outbreak: Evergreen Place, Manchester. 17 residents and 3 staff tested positive. (The residents, at least, were included in yesterday’s count.)
Two more people died today; both were associated with a long-term care facility.
Four long-term care facilities are still in outbreak status: Evergreen (17 Residents, 3 Staff, 0 deaths), Birch Hill (40 residents, 29 staff, 14 deaths), Greenbriar (117 residents, 35 staff, 28 deaths), and Hillsborough County Nursing Home (154 residents, 55 staff, 39 deaths.)
Closed outbreaks at 17 LTC facilities (No new cases in two weeks).
With such a low number of new cases, and more people are reported out as recovered, the active case is again lower than ever (at least, since we’ve had access to that info.)
With such a low number of new cases, it seems like we had a large number of hospitalizations (4) and deaths (2).
400 people have now died in NH.
Global infections passed 15 Million today (per Worldometer). They also report that over 4 million Americans have been infected.
Governor today said NH is about to launch a PSA campaign to encourage mask-wearing, geared towards young people. Reusable cloth face coverings will distribute masks through several outlets, including school districts. One image was shown: “Don’t take a selfie. Take a test.”
Across the world, 10 people are dying every minute. Almost two of the ten are Americans.

• • • • • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH • • • • • •

New positive cases per DHHS: 16
My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 13
Children under 18 in new cases: 0
Total positive cases in NH: 6,262
Percentage of tests that are positive: 1.82%
Active cases: 548
Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 8.7%
New cases in Rockingham County: 0
Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,556 (down one from yesterday)
Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 82%
Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 716
The daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 1,038
New negative PCR cases in NH: 703
Total negative cases in NH (as reported by DHHS): 139,276

• • • • • OTHER TEST RESULTS • • • • • •

New antibody tests: 112
Total antibody tests (No break down of positive vs. negative): 25,611
The daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 549
Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1

• • • • • RECOVERED IN NH • • • • • •

Announced today: 30
Total Recovered: 5,316
Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 84.9%

• • • • • HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH • • • • • •

New: 4
Current: 23
Total Hospitalized: 677
Percentage of those who have been infected that have been hospitalized: 10.81%
Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 3.4%

• • • • • DEATHS IN NH • • • • • •

Lives lost today: 2
Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 2
Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 400
NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 6.4%
Lives lost in Rockingham today: 0 today

These are not simply numbers. We must not forget that these are all someone’s husband or wife, mother or father, sister or brother, son or daughter, friend or neighbor.

Useful links

If you are having trouble paying your rent or mortgage because of COVID-19, help can be found here.
Info about COVID-19 testing is compiled in one place on my website.
Complications of COVID-19 Survivors of all ages can be found on my website.
Help for Salem residents is on my website.
A list of COVID-19 Resources can be found on my website.
An update of nearby communities can be found here.
Institutional Outbreaks as of June 18 on my website.
Resources from NH DHHS are on the State’s website.
Guidance documents from the State are on the State’s website.

I have recently shared that there were numbers that concerned me. I’ve finished a report on this, which can be found here. I could explain it to you easier, 1-to-1; I hope my written description of the problems make sense.

I haven’t asked people to check in lately. I wasn’t feeling great today, but still managed to get a lot accomplished. Baby steps all the way! How are YOU doing? It’s challenging times. We need to look out for each other, so I’d love to hear from you. I hope you can stay safe, and always, be kind.

~Bonnie

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COVID-19 Deaths — It’s Different from the Flu

I was asked about deaths in the US, as reported in these charts. Here’s my analysis:

Per the CDC, from 2/1 to 6/27, there were a total of 1,276,875 deaths. Of those:

US COVID Deaths: 8.8%
Pneumonia: 9.6%
Pneumonia AND COVID: 3.8%
InFLUenza: 0.5%
Pneumonia, ‘Flu OR COVID: 15%
All others: 62.3%
(All others include homicides, accidents, and suicide, plus cancer and heart disease and diabetes and other medical conditions, and natural causes like old age, etc.)

Do I trust these numbers? No. It’s how the death certificates are written. There has been a lot of discussion about how these deaths have been reported, especially in the early days. We see a lot of adjustments, both up and down, in various areas. So no, these aren’t totally accurate. But these numbers give us an approximation. The CDC has linked these categories together in their info, presumably for some purpose.

What I see is that 481,647 people died from a contagious lung disease in this time period. That’s 37.7% of all deaths. Take out the ones that were reported as “Just Flu” or “Just Pneumonia,” (presuming these are correct!), and you get 353,580 cases, or 27.6% of all deaths. That’s more than 1 out of 4 deaths that have been associated with COVID-19.

And don’t forget the potential impacts on the long-term health, and the short and long-term impact on the finances of those who don’t die.

RESOURCES:

My accumulation of resources has been moved. These can now be found at https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-resources/

Salem specific info can be found at https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-cases-in-salem/

The report containing information about other towns, counties and our MA neighbors has been moved to https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-update-nh-towns/I’m updating this information weekly. The last update was May 24.

Sources used to create this report:

COVID-19 Deaths — It’s Different from the Flu

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