As of close of business 4/6/20 New Hampshire had 715 cases of coronavirus. That means as a state New Hampshire had 53 cases of coronavirus for every 100,000 people. In terms of negative outcomes New Hampshire has had 9 deaths attributed to coronavirus. That means for every 100,000 people in the state there have been .66 deaths. We also know that we’ve seen decreases in the number of new cases each of the last two days.
Tabular New Hampshire County Comparison
………………………………………………………Cases Per Deaths Per
……………………………………………………….100,000 100,000
…………………………………Cases People Deaths People Population
New Hampshire 715 52.14 9 0.66 1,371,246
Hillsborough 272 64.80 7 1.67 419,774
Rockingham 246 78.71 1 0.32 312,547
Merrimack 52 34.04 0 0.00 152,780
Strafford 46 34.98 0 0.00 131,508
Grafton 41 45.17 0 0.00 90,765
Carroll 19 38.53 0 0.00 49,311
Belknap 18 29.18 0 0.00 61,687
Cheshire 13 16.81 0 0.00 77,327
Sullivan 6 13.76 1 2.29 43,614
Coos 1 3.13 0 0.00 31,933
Making sense of Belknap County
In Belknap county the known total number of confirmed cases is 18. The towns of Barnstead, Center Harbor and Sanbornton have no confirmed cases. No town in the county has more than four confirmed cases. Given:
1. There are 18 confirmed cases in the Belknap County.
2. Three towns have no cases.
3. No town has more than 4 cases.
If one assumes Laconia which has about 25% of the population has four cases (an assumption without basis) And…
If the remaining cases are spread among the other seven towns based on population…
Then it is possible to construct a chart to show what coronavirus distribution might look like in Belknap County.
This would match the most current NHDHHS coronavirus map.
Belknap County by Town
……………………………………….Cases Population Cases per 100,000 People
Belknap County 18 61,687 29.18
Center Harbor 0 1095 0.00
Sanbornton 0 3003 0.00
Barnstead 0 4728 0.00
Laconia 4 16715 23.93
Belmont 3 7357 27.18
Gilford 3 7252 27.58
Meredith 3 6428 31.11
Alton 2 5337 37.47
Gilmanton 1 3795 52.70
Tilton 1 3675 54.42
New Hampton 1 2302 86.88
Hopefully this look at coronavirus in New Hampshire and Belknap County at a glance has been of value.