December 5, 2020

Nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19, 32 deaths

New Mexico Department of Health officials reported Saturday 1,925 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 related deaths. Bernalillo County had the most new cases with 506. Seven other counties had more than 100 new cases of COVID-19. Those counties were Doña Ana County (183), San Juan County (166), Chaves County (142), Lea County (135), Santa […]

Kendra Chamberlain

New Mexico Department of Health officials reported Saturday 1,925 new cases of COVID-19 and 32 related deaths.

Bernalillo County had the most new cases with 506. Seven other counties had more than 100 new cases of COVID-19. Those counties were Doña Ana County (183), San Juan County (166), Chaves County (142), Lea County (135), Santa Fe County (126), McKinley County (123) and Sandoval County (108).

The state has now recorded 106,856 confirmed cases of the respiratory illness and 1,738 related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

DOH provided a few details about each of the new deaths. Nearly half of the new deaths were residents in Bernalillo County. The new deaths were:

A male in his 30s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 40s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque.
A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society Manzano del Sol Village facility in Albuquerque.
A second male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A third male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Genesis Healthcare Uptown facility in Albuquerque.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society Manzano del Sol Village facility in Albuquerque.
A second male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites facility in Albuquerque.
A third male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A fourth male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque.
A second female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Life Spire Assisted Living in Albuquerque.
A female in her 80s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Mission Arch Center in Roswell.
A male in his 80s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell.
A female in her 40s from Doña Ana County.
A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Casa de Oro facility in Las Cruces.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Eddy County who was a resident of the Landsun Unit of the Lakeview Christian Home facility in Carlsbad.
A male in his 90s from Eddy County who was a resident of the Landsun Unit of the Lakeview Christian Home facility in Carlsbad.
A male in his 70s from Otero County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 30s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the Pacifica Senior Living facility in Santa Fe.
A female in her 70s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Taos Living Center facility in Taos.

DOH does not disclose which underlying condition any of the deceased had, only if one was present before death.

The most common underlying condition for those who died with COVID-19 was hypertension, followed by diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to the state’s latest mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

As of Saturday, there are 925 individuals hospitalized for COVID-19, a decrease of nine since Friday. Nearly all of those hospitalized are New Mexico residents, according to the latest hospitalization update from DOH.

DOH has identified 36,388 COVID-19 cases designated as recovered, an increase of 607 since Friday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 154 establishments as of Saturday, a decrease of 20 establishments since Friday. This includes both workplaces and K-12 public schools with two or more rapid responses for positive COVID-19 tests in the workplace in the previous 14 days. The state Public Education Department conducts rapid responses when a student or students test positive.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page showed 1,634,917 tests have been processed as of Saturday.

The newly reported cases by county are:

506 new cases in Bernalillo County
5 new cases in Catron County
142 new cases in Chaves County
12 new cases in Cibola County
4 new cases in Colfax County
33 new cases in Curry County
3 new cases in De Baca County
183 new cases in Doña Ana County
56 new cases in Eddy County
11 new cases in Grant County
3 new cases in Guadalupe County
135 new cases in Lea County
10 new cases in Lincoln County
6 new cases in Los Alamos County
28 new cases in Luna County
123 new cases in McKinley County
9 new cases in Mora County
46 new cases in Otero County
2 new cases in Quay County
29 new cases in Rio Arriba County
14 new cases in Roosevelt County
108 new cases in Sandoval County
166 new cases in San Juan County
18 new cases in San Miguel County
126 new cases in Santa Fe County
36 new cases in Sierra County
10 new cases in Socorro County
17 new cases in Taos County
22 new cases in Torrance County
5 new cases in Union County
55 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County

DOH also provided the total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic by county, including those reported on Saturday. Three previously reported cases were identified as duplicates (two in Bernalillo County and one in Taos County) and one previously reported case in Bernalillo County was not lab confirmed – these have now been corrected. One case previously reported in Bernalillo County was determined to be among inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County and is now reported as such.