- NHPR Staff Update: Saturday, April 3, 5:59 p.m. State health officials announced two additional COVID-19 deaths Saturday. There have been 1,247 coronavirus deaths in New Hampshire to date. The state reported 440 new cases, 3,681 active infections, and 85 residents hospitalized due to the virus. Since the pandemic began, the state has confirmed 85,448 coronavirus cases. - NHPR Staff Update: Saturday, April 3, 9:59 a.m. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu's mandate that all K-12 schools return to full-time, in-person learning by April 19 caught administrators and teachers off guard, though many schools were already on track to meet that deadline. Among the two-thirds of schools that responded to a recent Department of Education survey, 60% began offering in-person instruction five days a week to all students who wanted it before April 1.