October 13, 2020

355 new cases and three additional deaths

Just one week ago, 355 new cases of COVID-19 would have been the second-most number of cases reported in a single day, and the most since late July. But in the last seven days, the state has reported five days with 355 or more cases—so when the state reported 355 new cases of COVID-19 on […]

Matthew Reichbach

Just one week ago, 355 new cases of COVID-19 would have been the second-most number of cases reported in a single day, and the most since late July. But in the last seven days, the state has reported five days with 355 or more cases—so when the state reported 355 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, it actually slowed the rise in the state’s seven-day rolling average (of the date test results are reported, not when tests are conducted), which is now 395. On September 12, the seven-day average was just 88.

Also on Tuesday, DOH reported 3 additional deaths related to the disease.

DOH has now reported 33,713 confirmed cases and 918 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

As has been the case for several days, Bernalillo County had the most reported new cases on Tuesday, this time with 121. Doña Ana County had 50 new cases, while Santa Fe County (41), Curry County (24), Sandoval County (21), Lea County (19), Chaves County (10) and Valencia County (10) each also had double-digit numbers of new cases.

DOH provided some details on each of the newly announced COVID-19 related deaths.

A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Curry County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. She was a resident of Retirement Ranches in Clovis.

DOH said that the number of those hospitalized for COVID-19 was 125, two fewer than reported on Monday. This could include those from out of state who have been hospitalized for COVID-19, but would not include New Mexico residents who have been hospitalized out of state.

The number of those designated as recovered increased to 18,960, an increase of 169 since Monday.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page said the state has processed 1,011,320 tests, an increase of 8,414 tests.

DOH provided the number of newly reported cases by county.

121 new cases in Bernalillo County
10 new cases in Chaves County
5 new cases in Cibola County
24 new cases in Curry County
50 new cases in Doña Ana County
6 new cases in Eddy County
1 new case in Grant County
19 new cases in Lea County
2 new cases in Lincoln County
3 new cases in Luna County
9 new cases in McKinley County
4 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
3 new cases in Rio Arriba County
6 new cases in Roosevelt County
21 new cases in Sandoval County
9 new cases in San Juan County
3 new cases in San Miguel County
41 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Socorro County
1 new case in Taos County
2 new cases in Torrance County
10 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

Additionally, DOH reported the total number of cases by county, including those reported on Monday.

DOH identified four previously reported cases as duplicates (three in Bernalillo County and one in Luna County). These were corrected and removed from the totals.