NH reports 327 new virus cases; Keene State announces fall plan Staff and wire report New Hampshire health officials reported 327 new positive test results for COVID-19 Wednesday, giving the state 2,212 active cases and a total of 79,367. Durham has 71 active cases as of Wednesday, most on the Seacoast, followed by Portsmouth (45), Dover (43) and Rochester (31). No additional deaths were reported. The state's death toll remained 1,202 (1.51% of all cases) with 862 associated with long-term care facilities (71.7% of all deaths). There were 79 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Hampshire as of Wednesday's report and a pandemic total of 1,156. The new virus cases included 62 people under age 18. The rest were adults with 48% female and 52% male. They reside in Rockingham (97), Hillsborough County other than Manchester and Nashua (46), Strafford (38), Merrimack (24), Cheshire (16), Grafton (10), Carroll (8), Belknap (8), Coos (8), and Sullivan (5) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (27) and Nashua (18). The county of residence was being determined for 22 new cases.