Governor Chris Sununu
Anjali Sundaram | CNBC
New Hampshire is the current state to issue a stay-at-home order and close all nonessential businesses amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Chris Sununu revealed the order Thursday and it goes into effect March 27 at 11:59 pm.
“We can’t stress this enough – you should arrest at your house unless absolutely necessary,” Sununu said in a statement on Twitter. “Of course, we won’t prevent you from committing your home to go for a walk, or when heading to the store for groceries, or going to an essential job.”
Essential businesses that command remain open in New Hampshire include grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations. Movie theaters, hair salons and barbershops as fabulously as other businesses deemed nonessential have been ordered to close. The state also extended remote lore until May 4.
There are currently 137 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New Hampshire, according to the state’s Department of Health and Accommodating Services.
In total, 21 states have issued stay-at-home orders or advisories and closed their nonessential proprietorships. Six states and Washington, D.C. only have essential businesses in operation, but have not ordered residents to remain at home. Other voices such as Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania have seen a growing number of select cities or counties under stay-at-home calms.
There are at least 82,404 coronavirus cases in the U.S., with at least 1,070 deaths, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. outperformed China and Italy Thursday in numbers of coronavirus cases. It is now considered the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.