Sununu issues stay at home order until early May, as number of cases statewide climbs

CONCORD — New Hampshire became the last New England state to issue a stay-at home order for COVID-19, with many non-essential businesses told to close and residents to limit their movement for more than a month starting Friday at 11:59 p.m.

News of the stay at home order came as 21 additional New Hampshire residents have tested positive for COVID-19, upping the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 158, health officials said Thursday.

Of the 21 new confirmed cases, one is a teenage boy, 5 adult males, and 15 adult females. Eleven live in Rockingham County, four in Manchester, one additional case in Hillsborough County (in communities outside of Nashua and Manchester), two in Merrimack County, and one each in Chesire, Grafton and Sullivan counties.

Five of the new cases can’t be linked to known risk factors. Officials said 25 of the 158 positive cases in the state — or 16 percent — have been hospitalized. Three of the new cases are currently hospitalized.

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