December 9, 2020

DOH: 3,030 new COVID-19 cases, 67 deaths over the last two days

The state Department of Health reported 3,030 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two days. The department also reported 67 additional deaths related to the disease in the last two days. The state did not report results on Tuesday because of a network outage with the state’s internet system. It did not impact tests, […]

Matthew Reichbach

The state Department of Health reported 3,030 new cases of COVID-19 in the last two days. The department also reported 67 additional deaths related to the disease in the last two days.

The state did not report results on Tuesday because of a network outage with the state’s internet system. It did not impact tests, only the immediate reporting of results.

The state reported 1,271 cases that would have been newly reported on Tuesday, while reporting 1,759 new cases on Wednesday. On Tuesday, there would have been 33 newly reported deaths and another 34 deaths reported on Wednesday..

On Tuesday, the department reported 917 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an decrease of 18 people since Monday. This could include those from other states who are hospitalized in New Mexico, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized out of state.

DOH provided some information on each of the 33 newly reported deaths that would have been reported on Tuesday.

A male in his 40s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second 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 Atria Vista del Rio facility in Albuquerque.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Atria Vista del Rio facility in Albuquerque.
A second male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A third male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions who was a resident of the Mission Arch Center facility in Roswell.
A male in his 70s from Curry County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A third female in her 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Eddy County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from Lea County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Lea County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Landmark at Desert Gardens facility in Hobbs.
A male in his 60s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Luna County who was a resident of the Mimbres Memorial Nursing Home in Deming.
A female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 40s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from San Juan County who was a resident of the Aztec Healthcare facility in Aztec.
A female in her 60s from Union County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Union County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Valencia County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.

The department also provided the information on each of the 34 newly reported deaths on Wednesday.

A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
A second male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A 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 Watermark at Cherry Hills facility in Albuquerque.
A second female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
A second male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 40s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Chaves County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Mission Arch Center facility in Roswell.
A male in his 70s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions who was a resident of the Mission Arch Center facility in Roswell.
A second male in his 70s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Chaves County who was a resident of the Mission Arch Center facility in Roswell.
A male in his 60s from Curry County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from Eddy County.
A female in her 80s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. She was a resident of the Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation facility.
A female in her 30s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 40s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 60s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized.
A second male in his 60s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the Pacifica Senior Living facility in Santa Fe.
A male in his 70s from Sierra County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
A female in her 80s from Sierra County who was a resident of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
A male in his 90s from Sierra County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
A male in his 80s from Socorro County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from Valencia County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 70s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.

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 most recently available mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

DOH has now found 112,950 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 1,823 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 40,058 were designated as recovered by the department as of Wednesday, an increase of 1,927 since Monday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 129 establishments as of Wednesday, nineteen fewer than listed on Monday. These workplaces had two or more COVID-19 rapid responses in the last 14 days.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page says the state has processed 1,669,512 tests as of Wednesday.

DOH provided the number of newly reported cases that would have been reported on Tuesday, by county.

400 new cases in Bernalillo County
44 new cases in Chaves County
23 new cases in Cibola County
17 new cases in Colfax County
25 new cases in Curry County
106 new cases in Doña Ana County
43 new cases in Eddy County
11 new cases in Grant County
4 new cases in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Harding County
2 new cases in Hidalgo County
55 new cases in Lea County
7 new cases in Lincoln County
4 new cases in Los Alamos County
8 new cases in Luna County
125 new cases in McKinley County
2 new cases in Mora County
35 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
17 new cases in Rio Arriba County
4 new cases in Roosevelt County
93 new cases in Sandoval County
97 new cases in San Juan County
12 new cases in San Miguel County
73 new cases in Santa Fe County
4 new cases in Sierra County
2 new cases in Socorro County
4 new cases in Taos County
5 new cases in Torrance County
2 new cases in Union County
37 new cases in Valencia County
4 new cases among individual held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center
2 new cases 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 Lea County Correctional Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County

DOH also provided the total number of newly reported cases by county on Wednesday.

601 new cases in Bernalillo County
1 new case in Catron County
49 new cases in Chaves County
20 new cases in Cibola County
10 new cases in Colfax County
29 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
119 new cases in Doña Ana County
35 new cases in Eddy County
10 new cases in Grant County
6 new cases in Guadalupe County
6 new cases in Hidalgo County
55 new cases in Lea County
10 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
11 new cases in Luna County
111 new cases in McKinley County
5 new cases in Mora County
30 new cases in Otero County
2 new cases in Quay County
53 new cases in Rio Arriba County
9 new cases in Roosevelt County
106 new cases in Sandoval County
209 new cases in San Juan County
14 new cases in San Miguel County
124 new cases in Santa Fe County
4 new cases in Sierra County
26 new cases in Socorro County
9 new cases in Taos County
2 new cases in Union County
65 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among individual held by federal agencies at the Torrance County Detention Facility
2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility
15 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Roswell Correctional Center

DOH also reported the total number of cases by county, including those reported on Wednesday.

In the past two days, 25 previously reported cases were identified as duplicates (six in Bernalillo County, five in Chaves County, four in Doña Ana County, three in Sandoval County, two in Lea County and one in each of Colfax, Curry, Eddy and Socorro counties). Another two previous cases were not lab confirmed (one in Lincoln County and one in Sandoval County). Each were corrected.

Two cases that were previously identified as residents of Cibola County were determined to be among Corrections Department inmates (one at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County and one at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County). One case previously reported in Guadalupe County was determined to be among inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility. Two cases previously reported among Corrections Department inmates at the Otero County Prison Facility were determined to be among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility. All have been corrected.