COVID-19 Update September 21

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