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N.H. case numbers remain low
Update: Wednesday, June 9, 3:51 p.m.
State health officials reported 57 new coronavirus cases today, and an average of 50 new cases per day over the past week, a 9% decrease from the previous seven-day period.
There are 328 active infections statewide, and 29 people hospitalized due to the virus.
No new deaths were reported for the second day in a row. Since the pandemic began, the state has recorded 1,357 COVID-19 deaths, and 62% of the fatalities were residents over 80, according to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Wednesday, June 9, 9:01 a.m.
New Hampshire s congressional delegation says the state is getting more than $24.5 million in health-related COVID-19 funds to assist medically underserved communities.
The waiting list for inpatient psychiatric services hit zero. Will it last?
New Hampshire Hospital in Concord as seen on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz
Published: 6/9/2021 4:36:39 PM
This week, the number of adults waiting in hospital emergency departments for psychiatric treatment dropped to zero for the first time in more than a year.
The state cleared the waiting list by offering a $45,000 per bed incentive for nursing homes willing to house geriatric patients from New Hampshire Hospital. This move opened up 25 beds for those waiting in hospital emergency rooms.
The Department of Health has faced pressure to rapidly clear patients from emergency rooms after the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled last month that psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention within three days of their arrival.
The final piece in the case of Anna Carrigan, a former New Hampshire health department worker who received a $120,000 settlement last year from the state over a whistleblower lawsuit, will be decided by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.The second.