COVID-19 Update June 2 – Bonnie4Salem

COVID-19 Update June 2

Salem Total: 247 confirmed cases, 1 out of every 120 residents

Salem Today: 2 new cases; 66 active cases.

****** TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT ******

Globally: 6,473,215 cases; 381,706 deaths
US: 1,89,647 confirmed cases; 108,057 deaths.
Manchester continues to be the location with the most new cases. They have now passed 1,200 confirmed cases.
Manchester added 24 new cases today. Nashua added 7, Goffstown added 5. Salem, Concord, Londonderry and Hudson each added two new confirmed cases.
NH has now run over 70,000 negative tests, and a total of over 75,000 tests.
For three days in a row, the current hospitalization number has been under 100.
Over 3,000 NH residents have now officially recovered from COVID-19.
MA has now done over 600,000 tests.
Over 3000 NH residents have officially recovered from COVID-19.

****** DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH ******

New positive cases per DHHS: 65
My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 64
Children under 18 in new cases: 6
Total positive cases in NH: 4,749
Percentage of tests that are positive: 4.59%
Active cases: 1,422
Percentage of positive cases that are still active: 29.9%
New cases in Rockingham County: 7
Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,320
Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 81%
Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 1,395
Daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 1,449
New negative PCR cases in NH: 1,331
Total negative cases in NH (as reported by DHHS): 70,990

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New antibody tests: 203
Total antibody tests: (No break down of positive vs. negative) 12,249
Daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 540
Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1

****** RECOVERED IN NH ******

Announced today: 117
Total: 3,071
Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 64.7%

****** HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH ******

New: 6
Current: 97
Total: 462
Percentage of all confirmed cases that have been hospitalized: 10%
Percentage of those who have been hospitalized that are still in the hospital: 21.0%

****** DEATHS IN NH ******

Lives lost today: 11
Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 11
Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 256
NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 5.4%
NH Residents hospitalized with COVID-19 that died: 55.4%
Lives lost in Rockingham today: 1 female

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.

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A Salem father has sued the State for providing inadequate remote education.
What Do The Results From Antibody Testing Actually Tell Us About COVID-19?
Summer camps weigh whether to open under COVID-19 guidelines

COVID-19 is not dominating the news right now. Should you choose to express your First Amendment rights, please be smart, stay safe, and always, be kind.

~Bonnie

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Q: How much testing is NH doing in comparison to our neighboring states?

A: We aren’t doing enough tests!
WHY???

Today’s COVID-19 Statistics:

Salem’s confirmed cases:

May 19: 213; 118 active (The highest number of active cases.)
May 20: 218; 116 active
May 21: 220; 86 active
May 22: 225; 77 active
May 23: 227; 74 active
May 24: 226???; 76 active
May 25: 228; 67 active
May 26: 235; 73 active
May 27: 235; 68 active
May 28: 239; 70 active
May 29: 239; 68 active
May 30: 241, 65 active
May 31: 244; 68 active
June 1: 245; 68 active
June 2: 247; 66 active

Earlier dates for Salem have been moved to https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-cases-in-salem/

The weekly report has been moved to https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-weekly-updates/. This is a summary of the info from NH DHHS; with more demographics than provided on a daily basis. They last updated this info on May 18.

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.

Today’s News pertaining to COVID-19

A Salem father has sued the State for providing inadequate remote education.

Lawsuit claims state went too far in implementing remote learning; Plaintiff says risks of COVID-19 to children low. Read more.

What Do The Results From Antibody Testing Actually Tell Us About COVID-19?

Antibody testing could help determine whether someone has been infected with COVID-19 in the past. But there are still a lot of unknowns about what else we might learn from the tests. Read more.

Summer camps weigh whether to open under COVID-19 guidelines

Summer camps are making tough decisions about whether they can comply with new state guidelines intended to protect children and staff members from COVID-19. Read more.

RESOURCES:

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

Sources used to create this report: