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NEW FIGURES DO áNOT MEAN WE ARE SEEING A SURGE OR INCREASED TRANSMISSION IN OUR COMMUNITIES. <WED RAW/DR CHAN WEDNESDAY 7:14-7:18 "WHAT THESE NUMBERS REFLECT IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING OUT AND DOING MORE TESTING."> AS THE STATE ANNOUNCES ITS LARGEST ONE-DAY TOTAL OF RECORDED COVID- 19 CASES... STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. BENJAMIN CHAN INSIST THERE IS NO ACTIVE SURGE OF CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. <7:32-7:46 "FORTY TO FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THEM ACTUALLY ARE RELATED TO OUTBREAKS IN OUR CONGREGATE LIVIN FACILITIES WHERE WE HAVE PROACTIVELY GONE IN AND TESTED EVERYONE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED THERE."> AMONG THE 99- NEW CASES... 23 INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. D-H-H-S SAYS MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE INFECTED IN AN OUTBREAK AT A DISABILITY CARE FACILITY FOR YOUTH. <13:57-14:14 "THOSE WHO ARE OF AN OLDER AGE OR MULTIPLE CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEVERE INFECTIONS WITH COVID-19, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS, CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, CAN BE INFECTED AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS TODAY DEMONSTRATE THAT." SADLY, SIX MORE INDIVIDUALS PASSED AWAY, BRINGING THE STATE'S DEATH TOLL TO 48 CHAN SAYS FOUR OUT OF THE SIX WERE ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE - TESTING HAS RAMPED AMONG THAT POPULATION. <15:10-15:19 "THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO LIKEL INCREASE LIKE WE'VE SEEN TODAY, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTS NECESSARILY - A SURGE IN THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR COMMUNITIES."> DR. CHAN STRESSES THAT THE PRIMARY WAY TO COMBAT THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS - IS SOCIAL DISTANCI

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Six deaths due to COVID-19 were announced Wednesday, the most deaths announced in one day in New Hampshire so far.>> Download the free WMUR appState health officials said the victims were two men who lived in Rockingham County, three men who lived in Hillsborough County and one woman who lived in Strafford County. All were 60 years old or older.>> Coronavirus in NH: What you need to knowHealth officials also said there were 97 new positive cases, bringing the total number of diagnosed cases to 1,588. Of those, 23 were under the age of 18.State epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan insisted there is no active surge of coronavirus in New Hampshire. “40-50% of them actually are related to outbreaks in our congregate living facilities where we have proactively gone in and tested everyone potentially affected there,” Chan said.>> Latest coronavirus coverage from WMURSeven of the new cases have required hospitalization, officials said. There are currently 91 confirmed COVID-19 patients in New Hampshire hospitals, a decrease of three from Tuesday.“Those who are of an older age or multiple chronic medical conditions are more susceptible to severe infections with COVID-19,” Chan said. “We know that younger individuals, children, teenagers, can be infected and some of the numbers today demonstrate that.” Chan stressed that the primary way to combat the spread of coronavirus is social distancing.Officials said five of the new cases have no identified risk factors, indicating that community-based transmission of the coronavirus is still occurring. They urged Granite Staters to continue taking precautions, including staying home unless performing essential tasks, wearing cloth masks or face coverings when out in public where you might encounter others and maintaining social distancing.Visit this link to see a town-by-town map showing the number of cases in each community.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