Epidemiologist warns that COVID-19 cases aren't declining in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. —

While many people want to move on from the COVID-19 pandemic, New Hampshire's epidemiologist said Wednesday that the virus is still very present in the state and is still deadly.

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths have been declining nationwide in recent weeks, but state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan said the numbers in New Hampshire are holding steady.

Chan said that since May, about 100 New Hampshire hospital patients have tested positive for COVID-19 each day, and about one person has died each day of COVID-19.

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