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Staff and wire reportView CommentsThe University of New Hampshire is testing students for the coronavirus in a new lab on campus that uses self-swabbing home kits developed at the school.UNH says the Durham lab can screen for COVID-19 on at least 4,000 samples a day. Tests results can be generated in under 48 hours.The testing procedure uses what is known as pooled testing where individual samples are combined and tested together to allow for faster results. The test is a less invasive nose swab that students can perform, put in a test tube with a specially created barcoded label and drop off at a designated site on a specific day.Students will be tested every four days during the semester. If a positive result comes back the student is contacted by university and state health officials and will have a second test by a healthcare provider. If the second test is positive, the student will need to quarantine and contact tracing will begin.The numbersAs of Tuesday, 7,494 people had tested positive for the virus in New Hampshire, an increase of 21 from the previous day. The number of deaths remained at 433 with 352 associated with long-term care facilities (about 81% of all deaths).The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in New Hampshire has risen over the past two weeks from 19 new cases per day on Aug. 24 to 29 new cases per day on Sept. 7.The total number of cases in Durham was 28, a drop of two cases from the previous day. The town, which has seen an increase in cases since UNH students arrived on campus, still has the second highest total of current cases on the state, behind only Manchester (39).No new hospitalized cases were identified in the state, leaving the total at 718 (about 10% of all cases) with seven people currently hospitalized.There are 236 current cases of the virus in the state with 6,825 people confirmed as recovered (about 91% of all cases). There have been 222,963 tests completed.Among the 21 new cases statewide, there were six people under age 18 and the rest were adults with 48% female and 52% male. The new cases reside in Rockingham (11), Cheshire (2), Grafton (2), Strafford (2), and Merrimack (1) counties, and in the cities of Manchester (1) and Nashua (1). The county of residence is being determined for one new case.For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia or death.Kathy McCormack of The Associated Press contributed to this report.SEACOAST CORONAVIRUS NEWS IS FREE:This content is being provided for free as a public service to our readers. to stay informed. Please support local journalism by or by View Comments

Staff and wire reportView CommentsThe University of New Hampshire is testing students for the coronavirus in a new lab on campus that uses self-swabbing home kits developed at the school.UNH says the Durham lab can screen for COVID-19 on at least 4,000 samples a day. Tests results can be generated in under 48 hours.The testing procedure uses what is known as pooled testing where individual samples are combined and tested together to allow for faster results. The test is a less invasive nose swab that students can perform, put in a test tube with a specially created barcoded label and drop...

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