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IMMEDIATELY RAMP UP TESTING - CONSIDERING JUST HOW áVULNERABLE THOSE POPULATIONS ARE. MORE THAN HALF OF THE STATE'S 18 COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS ARE CONNECTED TO OUTBREAKS AT THREE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. <CLIP 839, 15:37 "EVERY SINGLE DAY IT'S MANAGING ACTIVE SCREENING OF STAFF, ACTIVE SCREENING OF RESIDENTS." OC: 15:41> AT HANOVER HILL HEALTH CARE IN MANCHESTER, 37 RESIDENTS AND 13 WORKERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, 4 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE OUTBREAK THERE IS CONFINED TO A SINGLE FLOOR. AND IN NASHUA AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY "THE HUNTINGTON" - 19 RESIDENTS HAVE COVID-19 - 11 STAFF MEMBERS.. THERE ARE 5 CONFIRMED COVID- RELATED DEATHS AND AT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN RESIDENTIAL CARE IN GREENFIELD, 3 RESIDENTS AND 11 STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE, ONE PERSON DIED LATE LAST MONTH. ((CLIP 0839)) ((15:08:29 - 15:08:42)) <"IN ADDITION TO THESE THREE OUTBREAKS, WE HAVE DOZENS OF FACILITIES, I WILL SAY MORE THAN 10, WITH ISOLATED INCIDENCES OF COVID POSITIVE TESTS EITHER IN THEIR RESIDENTS OR IN THEIR STAFF"> STATE HEALTH LEADERS ARE NOW WORKING CLOSELY WITH THOSE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES - AND SAY CONTAINING OUTBREAKS IS NOTHING NEW TO THEM. <CLIP 839, 9:30 "WE ARE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE LATEST AND MSOT UP TO DATE INFORMATION AND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO MEET THE NEEDS IF THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR TEAM." OC: 9:39> PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ASKING LNG TERM CARE FACILITIES TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES - AND NOTIFY THEM RIGHT AWAY IF ANY POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES ARE IDENTIFIED. THE GOVERNOR AND HEALTH COMMISSIONER ALSO ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT IN THE COMING DAYS - MORE DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED ABOUT DEMOGRAPHI

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Ten recent deaths linked to COVID-19 in New Hampshire were in long-term care facilities or nursing homes, state health officials said Wednesday.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe deaths were linked to outbreaks at the three facilities in which residents and staff members were infected, said Lori Shibinette, commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services.>> Latest coronavirus coverage from WMURShibinette said 37 residents and 13 staff members at Hanover Hill Health Care Center in Manchester tested positive for COVID-19, and four people have died. The outbreak has been confined to one floor of the facility, Shibinette said.>> COVID-19 in New Hampshire: What you need to knowNineteen residents and 11 staff members in the assisted-living facility at The Huntington at Nashua tested positive for the coronavirus, and five people have died, Shibinette said. There have been no new cases detected in the facility in the past three days, but Shibinette said there are still staff members who have tested positive.>> View the full updateThree residents and 11 staff members at Crotched Mountain residential care facility have tested positive, and one person has died, Shibinette said. In addition to those outbreaks, more than 10 other long-term care facilities have had isolated COVID-19 tests in residents or staff, Shibinette said. "We're not going to report on all of those isolated incidences, but if those facilities start to experience something similar to an outbreak, we will work with them, as we have done with the three facilities that I just named, to do public releases and be very transparent with their communities," she said.Shibinette said there were five more deaths linked to COVID-19 in New Hampshire as of Wednesday morning. There were 41 new cases confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 788. Shibinette said 118 people have been hospitalized."We are providing them with the latest and most up-to-date information and to make sure they have everything they need to meet the needs of their clients and their teams," Shibinette said. Health officials announced that of the five deaths; two were men over the age of 60, two were women over the age of 60 all from Hillsborough County and one was a man over the age of 60 from Merrimack County. Gov. Chris Sununu said it's a positive sign that there have been fewer newly confirmed cases recently than the current peak daily cases of 81 on April 4, but it's too early to know if that's a sign that the spread of COVID-19 is slowing.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