New Hampshire Gets More Supplies To Test For Coronavirus

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's state laboratories are able to do more coronavirus testing after receiving additional supplies from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state Health Department said Friday.

The supplies will allow the laboratories to test an additional 200 people, the department said.

Also, Quest Diagnostics, the world's largest diagnostic testing provider, is expected to make testing available to patients through their healthcare provider as of Monday, the department said.

As of Friday, 25 people in New Hampshire had been tested for COVID-19, the state said. Two Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center employees tested positive for the virus.

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