COVID-19 Update September 21
- Total: 323 confirmed cases in Salem
- 1 out of every 91 Salem residents have been infected
- Salem Today: 0 new cases, 5 active cases
• • • TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT • • • • • •
- It’s another good day for Salem! Actually, it’s a good day for all of NH.
- Today we had the fewest cases in NH since the beginning of the pandemic. Only 7 NH Residents had positive test results today; the number of positive cases in NH went up by 5. However, it is important to remember that two days ago we had the most cases in three months.
- The daily average of new cases for the past week is 35.3, and that is unchanged from the daily average for the past two weeks.
- The positivity rate today is 0.27%. The daily average for the past seven days is 2.69%. and the two-week daily average is 2.09%.
- Today, per NH DHHS’s dashboard, there was one new child aged 0-9 that was infected, and the total number of kids aged 10-19 went down by two. NH DHHS reported in their press release that 1 kid under 18 was infected.
- Schools with active or recovered cases:
- No preschool. 10 elementary schools (+2). 2 middle schools. 10 high schools. 12 Colleges/Universities.
- The numbers for both Salem and Windham remain unchanged.
- 25 more people are no longer considered infectious, bringing our active cases back under 300, again.
- There was one more person hospitalized with COVID-19 today, the first in the past four days. There have been 5 patients in the past week. NH now has 11 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
- There have been no new COVID-19-related deaths in NH in the past six days.
• • • • DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN NH • • • •
- New positive cases per DHHS: 7
- My new positive cases (Total of today’s cases minus yesterday’s total): 5
- Children under 18 in new cases: 1
- Total positive cases in NH: 7,952
- Percentage of today’s tests that are positive: 0.27%
- Total PCR tests results reported today (Positive results plus negative results): 1,841
- The daily average of diagnostic (PCR) tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 1,398
- New negative results reported today: 1,836
- Total negative cases in NH: 234,290
• • • • Rockingham County • • • • • •
- Total cases in Rockingham County: 1,977
- New cases in Rockingham County: 2
- Rockingham County: New cases per 100K residents: 0.6
- Rockingham County 1-week average per 100K residents: 2.6
- Percent of all cases from Rockingham County: 24.9%
- Percent of all cases from either Hillsborough County or Rockingham County: 79%
• • • • Active Cases• • • • • •
- Active cases in NH: 288
- Active cases in Rockingham County: 78
- Percent of NH’s active cases that are in Rockingham County: 27.1%
• • • • OTHER TEST RESULTS• • • • • •
- New antibody tests: 17
- Total antibody tests (No break downs of positive vs. negative): 30,754
- The daily average of antibody tests reported from 7 days ago to today: 45
- Children diagnosed with MIS-C: (as of 5/22/2020): 1
• • • • RECOVERED IN NH • • • • • •
- Announced today: 25
- Total Recovered: 7,226
- Percentage of diagnosed cases that have recovered: 90.9%
• • • • HOSPITALIZATIONS IN NH • • • • • •
- New: 1
- Current: 11
- Total Hospitalized: 726
- Percentage of those who have been infected that have been hospitalized: 9.13%
• • • • DEATHS IN NH • • • • • •
- Lives lost today: 0
- Persons over 60 years of age who died today: 0
- Persons under 60 years of age who died today: 0
- Total fatalities in NH associated with COVID-19: 438
- NH Residents diagnosed with COVID-19 that died: 5.51%
- 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.
I wish every day was as easy to report as today. Let’s keep it up (down!), New Hampshire! Stay safe, and always, be kind.
~Bonnie
Useful links
- Rent or mortgage assistance because of COVID-19, help can be found here.
- COVID-19 testing: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-testing/
- Complications of COVID-19: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-consequences/
- COVID-19 is not the flu. Here are the numbers: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-pneumonia-flu/
- The Science Behind Masks: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/science-behind-masks/
- Unemployment resources: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/unemployed/
- Resources for Salem residents: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-cases-in-salem/
- Safer at Home guidance documents on the State’s website.
- Other COVID resources from NH DHHS on the State’s website.
- Other COVID resources: https://www.bonnie4salem.us/covid-19-resources/
Sources used to create this report:
- https://www.nh.gov/covid19/
- https://www.boston.com/news/health/2020/03/09/updating-stats-numbers-covid-19-massachusetts
- https://www.cityofmethuen.net/health-division/pages/methuen-covid-19-case-count
- https://www.cityoflawrence.com/AlertCenter.aspx
- https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/05/20/latest-massachusetts-town-city-covid-19-numbers
- https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/salemtownrockinghamcountynewhampshire/PST045219
- https://www.politico.com/interactives/2020/coronavirus-testing-by-state-chart-of-new-cases/
- https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus
- COVID-19 Update September 17