CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire Department of Education has received an additional $156 million through the latest round of federal coronavirus relief funds.
The funding is intended to help school districts with safely reopening, assessing student learning, and other actions.
The department is developing school-level allocations for the second Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.
“COVID-19 has been the most disruptive event in the history of New Hampshire education, forcing us to adopt new methods of instruction and work even harder to meet the needs of our most vulnerable students,” Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut said in a statement Thursday. “These funds will provide additional resources to close the gaps that this pandemic has widened.”
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THE NUMBERS
Over 49,000 people have tested positive for the virus in New Hampshire, including 515 confirmed cases announced Thursday that include numbers for several days. Eleven additional death were announced, bringing the total to 827.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in New Hampshire has risen over the past two weeks from 726 new cases per day on Dec. 23 to 799 new cases per day on Wednesday.
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