CONCORD, NH (AP) – New Hampshire Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette says 12 coronavirus outbreaks at state-of-the-art care facilities in the state have ended, and no new outbreaks are to be reported. right now.
On the closed list of cases is the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, which has lost more than 30 residents to the virus.
The majority of deaths caused by the virus in the state have occurred to residents in long-term care facilities.
Shibinette said about 18,000 people in the facilities have received the first dose, and 5,000 have received the second.
This population is approximately 33,000 people.
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