New Hampshire health officials announced Sunday that an additional 361 people tested positive for COVID-19, bring the state’s current caseload to 3,306.
There were no new deaths stemming from coronavirus-related illness, according to a news release from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
So far, 499 people have died from COVID-19, and 69 Granite Staters are currently hospitalized, according to DHHS figures.
The bulk of the new cases are in Rockingham County, where 76 new positive cases were reported. Manchester saw 49 cases while Hillsborough County outside of Manchester and Nashua reported 46.
Neighboring Vermont reported 45 new COVID-19 cases Sunday morning, bringing the state’s current cases to 866.
Twenty people are currently hospitalized with the virus in the Green Mountain State, according to its online dashboard.
BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont Medical Center is the latest hospital to prohibit visitors due to the increase in COVID-19 cases.
The Burlington hospital, along with the other hospitals and clinics in its network, has begun prohibiting visitors, with limited exceptions for labor and delivery, procedures requiring sedation and end-of-life care. One parent or guardian may accompany pediatric patients.
Members of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation announced the state will get a $600,000 federal loan to provide financial assistance to small businesses in the Lakes region.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Rep. Chris Pappas said a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will go to the Wentworth Economic Development Corpora tion in Wolfeboro to establish a loan fund. The funds will help 16 rural businesses retain 60 full-time jobs and create 30 new jobs.
Shaheen said the loan is critical to help businesses weather the disruption from the coronavirus pandemic, while Hassan said the loan will help provided “much-needed support for small businesses.”
Fitchburg State University students are scrambling to make plans as dorms close and classes move online due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the city.
The university said Friday it will shift most classes to remote learning by Nov. 21, and dorms will close for the semester the next day. The spring semester will start Jan. 25, a week later than originally planned.
Babson College in Wellesley also moved classes online effective Friday, after a spike in cases there.
— Staff and wire reports