December 24, 2020

DOH reports 1,927 new COVID cases, 29 deaths

The New Mexico Department of Health reported 1,927 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and 29 related deaths. Bernalillo County had the most new cases with 487. DOH reported 293 in Chaves County, 259 cases in Doña Ana County, 133 cases in San Juan County and 101 cases in Sandoval. DOH also identified 11 cases among […]

Kendra Chamberlain

The New Mexico Department of Health reported 1,927 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and 29 related deaths.

Bernalillo County had the most new cases with 487. DOH reported 293 in Chaves County, 259 cases in Doña Ana County, 133 cases in San Juan County and 101 cases in Sandoval. DOH also identified 11 cases among inmates held by the New Mexico Corrections Department at various facilities across the state.

The state has now recorded 135,166 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in March, while a total of 2,272 individuals have died.

DOH provided some information on each of the 29 newly reported deaths:

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Care Free Assisted Living facility in Albuquerque.
A female in her 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, had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Ladera Center facility in Albuquerque.
A third female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Life Spire Assisted Living facility in Albuquerque.
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 had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Rio at Las Estancias facility in Albuquerque.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who 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 had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque.
A third male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque.
A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Watermark at Cherry Hills facility in Albuquerque.
A female in her 60s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Cibola County who was a resident of the Laguna Rainbow Care Center in Casa Blanca.
A male in his 70s from Cibola County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 70s from Colfax County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who was a resident of the Village at Northrise facility in Las Cruces.
A female in her 80s from Lea County who was a resident of the Lovington Healthcare facility in Lovington.
A male in his 70s from Lea County who was a resident of the Lovington Healthcare facility in Lovington.
A female in her 80s from Roosevelt County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in 80s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the Vista Hermosa facility in Santa Fe.
A male in his 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 was a resident of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
A female in his 60s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Valencia County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen.

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.

As of Wednesday, 811 individuals were hospitalized with COVID-19, two more than reported Wednesday. 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 has designated 58,917 cases as recovered, an increase of 980 since Wednesday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 175 establishments as of Thursday. These workplaces had two or more COVID-19 rapid responses in the last 14 days.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page showed 1,861,862 tests have been processed as of Wednesday, 15,062 more than on Wednesday.

The newly reported cases by county are:

487 new cases in Bernalillo County
293 new cases in Chaves County
78 new cases in Cibola County
1 new case in Colfax County
28 new cases in Curry County
259 new cases in Doña Ana County
92 new cases in Eddy County
13 new cases in Grant County
5 new cases in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
65 new cases in Lea County
10 new cases in Lincoln County
6 new cases in Los Alamos County
19 new cases in Luna County
73 new cases in McKinley County
5 new cases in Mora County
29 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
39 new cases in Rio Arriba County
14 new cases in Roosevelt County
101 new cases in Sandoval County
133 new cases in San Juan County
14 new cases in San Miguel County
58 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Sierra County
18 new cases in Socorro County
10 new cases in Taos County
6 new cases in Torrance 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
2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County
7 new cases 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. Two previously reported cases were identified as duplicates in Bernalillo County and one previously reported case in McKinley County was not lab-confirmed. These have now been corrected.