January 12, 2021

Second straight day of fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 cases in NM

The state of New Mexico had fewer than 1,000 reported cases of COVID-19 for the second straight day, possibly a sign that cases may be dropping, though the number of those hospitalized with the disease ticked up. The state Department of Health reported 893 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and 30 additional deaths related […]

Matthew Reichbach

The state of New Mexico had fewer than 1,000 reported cases of COVID-19 for the second straight day, possibly a sign that cases may be dropping, though the number of those hospitalized with the disease ticked up.

The state Department of Health reported 893 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and 30 additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Tuesday, with 231. Doña Ana County was the only other county with 100 or more cases, with 105.

DOH also reported 23 new cases among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections.

On Tuesday, the department reported 715 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 11 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 30 newly reported deaths.

A male in his 40s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 50s 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 female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Chaves County who was a resident of the Mission Arch Center in Roswell.
A male in his 90s from Chaves County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 60s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 40s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 50s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County.
A male in his 80s from Hidalgo County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 90s from Lea County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs.
A male in his 30s from McKinley County.
A male in his 40s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Mora County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from Roosevelt County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Roosevelt County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 30s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from San Juan County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 90s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized.

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 157,974 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,794 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 80,580 were designated as recovered by the department as of Tuesday, an increase of 1,754 since Monday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 89 establishments as of Tuesday, 11 more than were 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 2,113,785 tests as of Tuesday, 12,630 more than reported on Monday.

The new positive cases represented 7.07 percent of the total newly processed tests.

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

231 new cases in Bernalillo County
2 new cases in Catron County
35 new cases in Chaves County
7 new cases in Cibola County
3 new cases in Colfax County
22 new cases in Curry County
2 new cases in De Baca County
105 new cases in Doña Ana County
39 new cases in Eddy County
8 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
18 new cases in Lea County
5 new cases in Lincoln County
2 new cases in Los Alamos County
6 new cases in Luna County
60 new cases in McKinley County
10 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
31 new cases in Rio Arriba County
12 new cases in Roosevelt County
89 new cases in Sandoval County
88 new cases in San Juan County
6 new cases in San Miguel County
37 new cases in Santa Fe County
11 new cases in Sierra County
3 new cases in Socorro County
3 new cases in Taos County
3 new cases in Torrance County
1 new case in Union County
29 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
10 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 Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Roswell Correctional Center
9 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County

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

Six previously reported cases were identified by DOH as duplicates (two in Bernalillo County, one in Curry County, one in Doña Ana County and one in Valencia County). These have been corrected.