January 2, 2021

DOH: 1,252 additional COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths Saturday

Hed: DOH: 1,252 additional COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths Saturday The New Mexico Department of Health reported 1,252 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 32 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Saturday, with 268. Three other counties had 100 or more new cases: San Juan […]

Susan Dunlap

Hed: DOH: 1,252 additional COVID-19 cases and 32 deaths Saturday

The New Mexico Department of Health reported 1,252 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 32 additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Saturday, with 268. Three other counties had 100 or more new cases: San Juan County with 174; Doña Ana County with 117 and Eddy County with 104.

On Saturday, the department reported 662 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, a decrease of 129 people since Friday. 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 32 newly reported deaths.

A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
A second male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque.
A second male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Brookdale Valencia Albuquerque facility and had underlying conditions.
A third male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s 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 a resident of the Sunset Villa Care Center in Roswell and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad.
A male in his 80s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the White Sands Healthcare facility in Hobbs.
A female in her 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 80s from McKinley County.
A male in his 70s 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. The individual was a resident of the Little Sisters of the Poor facility in Gallup.
A female in her 80s from Otero County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Otero County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Rio Arriba County.
A female in her 80s from Roosevelt County who was a resident of the Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval 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 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 90s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Vista Hermosa facility in Santa Fe.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the Vista Hermosa facility in Santa Fe and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Sierra County who was a resident of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s Socorro County who was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society Socorro facility and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s in Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was an inmate among NMCD inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility.

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 145,379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,534 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 67,573 were designated as recovered by the department as of Saturday, an increase of 935 since Friday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 65 establishments as of Saturday, a decrease of two since Friday. 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 1,995,329 tests as of Saturday, 11,822 more than reported on Friday.

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

268 new cases in Bernalillo County

1 new case in Catron County
48 new cases in Chaves County
18 new cases in Cibola County
3 new cases in Colfax County
30 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
117 new cases in Doña Ana County
104 new cases in Eddy County
20 new cases in Grant County
4 new cases in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
48 new cases in Lea County
18 new cases in Lincoln County
12 new cases in Los Alamos County
25 new cases in Luna County
74 new cases in McKinley County
1 new case in Mora County
10 new cases in Otero County
6 new cases in Quay County
35 new cases in Rio Arriba County
6 new cases in Roosevelt County
74 new cases in Sandoval County
174 new cases in San Juan County
16 new cases in San Miguel County
49 new cases in Santa Fe County
22 new cases in Sierra County
4 new cases in Socorro County
20 new cases in Taos County
6 new cases in Torrance County
34 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

DOH previously reported numbers included six cases that have been identified as duplicates (three in Bernalillo County, three Sandoval County) and nine cases that were not lab-confirmed (two in Bernalillo County and seven in Doña Ana County) – these now have been corrected, according to DOH. One case previously reported in Union County has been determined to be among NMCD inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility and is now reported as such. The following are the total number of cases per county: