COVID-19 Update June 17

COVID-19 Update June 17

• Salem Total: 267 confirmed cases,
• 1 out of every 111 residents has been infected.
• Salem Today: 0 cases, 49 active cases.

• • • • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT • • • • • •

• Globally: 8,256,725 cases; 144,160 today. 2-week average: 126,037
• Global deaths: 445,959; 6,909 today. 2-week average: 4,568
• US: 2,208,400 cases; 25,450 today. 2-week average: 23,272
• US deaths: 119,132. 849 today. 2-week average: 814
• Salem’s cumulative total has gone up and down several times in the last twelve days, but has not been more than 268, nor lower than 265.
• Salem now has less than 50 active cases of COVID. The only communities with more than 50 are Manchester, Goffstown, Bedford and Nashua.
• Three days ago, Nashua had less than 50 active cases. Two days ago, they were back at 50. Yesterday they jumped up to 57. Today, it went back up to 63 again.
• As of today, my numbers tell us that 0.4% of the NH population has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
• 3.79% of today’s tests were positive. That’s a slight increase, after 4 days of under 2% and the highest number in 2 weeks.
• Only 7.50% percent of the NH population has been tested.
• 3.79% of today’s tests were positive. That’s a slight increase, after 4 days of under 2.0% (yesterday was 1.57%), and the highest in two weeks. This is one of the metrics watched by the State.
• Of the 73 new positive cases in NH today, approximately 75% were associated with recurring testing of residents and staff at three long-term care facilities. 19 were not.
• Only three communities had large jumps today: Manchester (+26), Bedford (+22), and Nashua (+11). It’s likely safe to believe that 54 of these 59 are the 75%
• After a couple of days with the active cases falling below 1,000, that has now jumped back to over that threshold.
• 37 more people have recovered from COVID-19. Unfortunately, with the number of new cases, we went from 76% of all confirmed cases have recovered, down to 75%
• 10 more people were hospitalized in the 24-hour period covered by this report. Happily, the number of current hospitalizations went down by six, for a total of 56 patients. This is one of the metrics that the State is watching.
• Hospitalizations remain at 10% of all confirmed cases

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

•  New positive cases per DHHS: 73
•  My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total):72
•  Children under 18 in new cases: 2
•  Total positive cases in NH: 5,436
• Percentage of tests that are positive: 3.79%
• Active cases: 1,002
• Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 18.4%
• New cases in Rockingham County: 4
•  Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,422
•  Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 82%
• Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 1,898
•  Daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 1,438
• New negative PCR cases in NH: 1,826
• Total negative cases in NH (as reported by DHHS): 96,548

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

• New antibody tests: 314
• Total antibody tests (No break down of positive vs. negative): 16,599
• Daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 575
• Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1

• • • • • RECOVERED IN NH • • • • • •

•  Announced today: 37
•  Total: 4,104
•  Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 75.5%

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

•  New: 10
•  Current: 56
•  Total: 531
•  Percentage of all confirmed cases that have been hospitalized: 10%
•  Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 10.5%

• • • • • DEATHS IN NH • • • • • •

•  Lives lost today: 4
•  Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 4
•  Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
•  Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 330
•  NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 6.1%
•  Lives lost in Rockingham today: 0

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.

• • • • • Key points. Read details in the article below • • • • • •

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Life can be confusing. Like today: Should we celebrate the low numbers in Salem, or be concerned about the increase in long-term care facilities? Let’s think positive, but act as responsibly. Please stay safe, and always, be kind.

~Bonnie