Board of Aldermen 01-26-2021 Page 3
Alderwoman Lu
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Alderman Jette
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Alderman Schmidt
| am present, alone and can hear everyone.
Alderman Laws
| am here, | am alone and | can hear everyone.
Alderman Cleaver
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Alderman Harriott-Gathright
| am present, | am finally home and | am in this room alone.
President Wilshire
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Susan Lovering, City Clerk
You have 14 in attendance.
President Wilshire
Thank you. Also in attendance this evening is Mayor Donchess and Corporation Counsel Steve Bolton. Does
the Mayor wish to address the Board?
REMARKS BY THE MAYOR
Mayor Donchess
Yes, Madam President. Thank you very much. | first wanted to update you on the COVID-19 Pandemic. As
you, of course, we still are suffering quite a few new cases in Nashua. Over the past 14 days we have
encountered about 840 new cases. Currently we have about 560 active cases. We have several outbreaks in
the City and Public Health is doing a very good job in working with those organizations where some of them —
restaurants, schools, other places — where outbreaks have occurred. But we are still running about 11%
positivity rate in all of the tests that are conducted in Nashua. Over the past week or so there have been about
495 tests per day and 11% of those have come up positive. We have about 30 people in the hospital, between
the two hospitals, Southern and St. Joe’s. So these numbers are certainly up from the summer and the fall, so
we need to be very careful about our activities. We have talked many times about the importance of wearing
masks.
