LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Currier Museum to temporarily close
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pdate: Saturday, Dec. 19, 12:41 p.m.
The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is closing after this weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The museum will stay closed until at least mid January in hopes of slowing the spread of the disease.
The Currier will remain accessible digitally, and work to expand its virtual reach this winter. It will still be celebrating the New Year with its family-friendly Noon Year s Eve event, which this year will be digital only.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Friday, Dec. 18, 7:05 p.m.
Nine more New Hampshire residents have died as a result of the coronavirus, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The new deaths bring the state s total since the start of the pandemic to 638.
More virus cases at state prison
Published: 12/17/2020 9:51:31 AM
The state prison in Concord has seen an increase of nearly 90 positive COVID-19 cases in a week, the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections said.
The prison had 113 cases as of Tuesday, Commissioner Helen Hanks told WMUR-TV. No one has died of the virus.
Inmates are moved to designated areas if they test positive or have been exposed. The visitation room is closed and video visitation is not yet available in quarantine or isolation. By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH - Today In a bright room with high ceilings and crimson carpets off the nave of the First Congregational Church in Concord, Julie Green called guests to.
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Montgomery: A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the state’s mandatory face mask mandate, which opponents claimed is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins, in a decision Tuesday, dismissed the lawsuit calling it a “shotgun pleading” that makes a lot of accusations without organization or solid legal claims. The same judge in October had refused the suit’s request to block the mask rule, which health officials have credited with lessening the impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The mask order, which was first imposed in the summer and extends at least through Jan. 22, requires anyone over the age of 6 to wear masks in indoor public spaces and outdoors when it’s impossible to stay at least 6 feet away from others. The lawsuit was filed by former Alabama Chief J
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 4 more deaths, 872 new COVID-19 cases in New Hampshire
Update: Thursday, Dec. 17, 3:20 p.m.
State health officials announced four more deaths of New Hampshire residents as a result of COVID-19 Thursday, bringing the state s total deaths to 629 since the start of the pandemic. Three of the deaths were associated with outbreaks at long-term care facilities.
The state also announced 872 newly-identified coronavirus infections. In the past week, New Hampshire has averaged around 8,000 COVID tests per day, with a positivity rate of about 9%. There are currently 6,928 active infections across the state, and 284 patients are hospitalized with the virus.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: COVID Cases Continue To Rise At State Men s Prison
Update: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m.
The state men’s prison in Concord is continuing to see more COVID-19 cases on a daily basis.
There are currently 40 staff who have tested positive for COVID-19. That s up from 16 staff cases a week ago.
Over 140 inmates are now positive for COVID-19, up from 28 cases just last week.
No one has died from COVID in the facility, the state says. Officials say they continuing to conduct testing, and many inmates are in quarantine.
- Sarah Gibson
Update: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 6:15 p.m.