January 1, 2021

DOH: 1,286 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 additional deaths Friday

The state Department of Health reported 1,286 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 25 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Friday, with 316. Three other counties had 100 or more new cases: San Juan County with 155; Sandoval County with 108; Doña Ana County with […]

Susan Dunlap

The state Department of Health reported 1,286 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 25 additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Friday, with 316. Three other counties had 100 or more new cases: San Juan County with 155; Sandoval County with 108; Doña Ana County with 160.

On Friday, the department reported 791 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an decrease of 12 people since Thursday. 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 25 newly reported deaths.

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s 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 male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Wellesley Care Home facility in Albuquerque.
A female in her 60s from Cibola County who had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 60s from Cibola County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Curry County.
A female in her 70s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Eddy County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Eddy County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Grant County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Grant County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Mora County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Mora County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 40s from Roosevelt County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Rehabilitation Center of Albuquerque.
A male in his 50s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 40s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from Taos County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Taos 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 144,142 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,502 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 66,638 were designated as recovered by the department as of Friday, an increase of 1,105 since Thursday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 67 establishments as of Friday, the same number that were listed on Thursday. 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 1,983,507 70,212 tests as of Friday, 13,295 more than reported on Thursday.

DOH provided the number of newly reported cases on Friday, by county.

316 new cases in Bernalillo County
3 new cases in Catron County
55 new cases in Chaves County
21 new cases in Cibola County
10 new cases in Colfax County
54 new cases in Curry County
160 new cases in Doña Ana County
42 new cases in Eddy County
17 new cases in Grant County
4 new cases in Guadalupe County
2 new case in Hidalgo County
60 new cases in Lea County
3 new cases in Lincoln County
3 new cases in Los Alamos County
5 new cases in Luna County
74 new cases in McKinley County
2 new cases in Mora County
6 new cases in Otero County
34 new cases in Rio Arriba County
22 new cases in Roosevelt County
108 new cases in Sandoval County
155 new cases in San Juan County
15 new cases in San Miguel County
59 new cases in Santa Fe County
5 new cases in Sierra County
5 new cases in Socorro County
2 new cases in Taos County
8 new cases in Torrance County
28 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
7 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County

DOH previously reported numbers included six cases that have been identified as duplicates (three in Bernalillo County, in Los Alamos County, one in Rio Arriba County, one in Sierra County) and two cases in San Juan County that were not lab-confirmed – these now have been corrected, according to DOH. The total number of cases per county are as follows: