October 11, 2020

269 cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths on Sunday

The state Department of Health announced 269 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday with four additional related deaths. Bernalillo County reported 100 new cases. The counties with double digit numbers include Doña Ana, with 40; Chaves, with 27; Curry with 12 and Lincoln with 10. The Department of Corrections also reported 22 additional cases at the […]

Susan Dunlap

The state Department of Health announced 269 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday with four additional related deaths.

Bernalillo County reported 100 new cases. The counties with double digit numbers include Doña Ana, with 40; Chaves, with 27; Curry with 12 and Lincoln with 10. The Department of Corrections also reported 22 additional cases at the Lea County Correctional Facility.

The total number of cases is now 32,983.

The DOH coronavirus information page said the state has processed 997,373 tests, an increase of 7,721 tests since Saturday.

The total related deaths has now risen to 911. The state does not report on which underlying condition the patient had, just if there was one. The four related deaths on Sunday were:

A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Luna County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Roosevelt County. The individual had underlying conditions.

The state reported that 120 individuals are currently hospitalized for the disease. That is 10 fewer than Saturday. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.

There are 18,680 individuals who the state designates as having recovered from the disease, an increase of 59 since Saturday.

Testing details

The cases broken down by county are:

100 new cases in Bernalillo County
27 new cases in Chaves County
6 new cases in Cibola County
1 new case in Colfax County
12 new cases in Curry County
40 new cases in Doña Ana County
1 new case in Eddy County
3 new cases in Grant County
2 new cases in Hidalgo County
6 new cases in Lea County
10 new cases in Lincoln County
2 new cases in Luna County
4 new cases in McKinley County
3 new cases in Otero County
3 new cases in Rio Arriba County
2 new cases in Roosevelt County
8 new cases in Sandoval County
2 new cases in San Juan County
8 new cases in Santa Fe County
2 new cases in Socorro County
1 new case in Union County
4 new cases in Valencia County
22 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility

The state previously reported five cases which were identified as duplicates (two in Bernalillo County, one in Chaves County, two in Doña Ana County) and three cases that were identified as out-of-state residents (one in Doña Ana County, one in Lea County, one in Union County). Those cases were corrected, according to the state. Including the above newly reported cases, the state provided a breakdown by county of the total number of cases:

Bernalillo County: 7,682
Catron County: 9
Chaves County: 1,533
Cibola County: 466
Colfax County: 41
Curry County: 1,080
De Baca County: 1
Doña Ana County: 4,027
Eddy County: 1,019
Grant County: 146
Guadalupe County: 36
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 108
Lea County: 1,636
Lincoln County: 260
Los Alamos County: 37
Luna County: 492
McKinley County: 4,409
Mora County: 9
Otero County: 300
Quay County: 79
Rio Arriba County: 419
Roosevelt County: 345
Sandoval County: 1,519
San Juan County: 3,462
San Miguel County: 115
Santa Fe County: 1,181
Sierra County: 64
Socorro County: 141
Taos County: 154
Torrance County: 89
Union County: 37
Valencia County: 651

The state previously reported numbers that included one case reported as an individual held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center. That case has been identified as a Cibola County resident and corrected, according to DOH.

DOH reported the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the following facilities: