January 14, 2021

DOH: 1,434 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 deaths Thursday

The state Department of Health reported 1,434 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 29 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Thursday, with 344. Doña Ana County with 166 and San Juan County with 155 were the two other counties with more than 100 cases. On […]

Susan Dunlap

The state Department of Health reported 1,434 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 29 additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Thursday, with 344. Doña Ana County with 166 and San Juan County with 155 were the two other counties with more than 100 cases.

On Thursday, the department reported 691 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, a decrease of 11 people since 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 provided some information on each of the 29 newly reported deaths.

A female in her 30s 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 had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque.
A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Chaves County who was a resident of the Sunset Villa Care Center in Roswell.
A female in her 90s from Chaves County who was a resident of the Mission Arch Center in Roswell.
A female in her 70s from Colfax County who was a resident of the Raton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Raton.
A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 60s from Eddy County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 40s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Lea County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s 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 80s from Lea County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 90s from Lea County.
A female in her 60s from Luna County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from Luna County who was a resident of the BeeHive Homes facility in Deming.
A male in his 80s from Luna County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Otero County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Otero County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Roosevelt County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 60s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s who was hospitalized and was a New Mexico Corrections Department inmate at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County.

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 160,543 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,836 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 82,809 were designated as recovered by the department as of Thursday, an increase of 1,206 since Wednesday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 84 establishments as of Thursday, an increase of 2 since Wednesday. 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 2,140,562 tests as of Thursday, 26,777 more than reported on Wednesday.

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

344 new cases in Bernalillo County
1 new case in Catron County
73 new cases in Chaves County
9 new cases in Cibola County
3 new cases in Colfax County
38 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
166 new cases in Doña Ana County
64 new cases in Eddy County
19 new cases in Grant County
2 new cases in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
49 new cases in Lea County
8 new cases in Lincoln County
9 new cases in Los Alamos County
28 new cases in Luna County
63 new cases in McKinley County
5 new cases in Mora County
55 new cases in Otero County
63 new cases in Rio Arriba County
16 new cases in Roosevelt County
88 new cases in Sandoval County
155 new cases in San Juan County
8 new cases in San Miguel County
77 new cases in Santa Fe County
8 new cases in Sierra County
11 new cases in Socorro County
24 new cases in Taos County
8 new cases in Torrance County
31 new cases in Valencia County
7 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County

DOH previously reported numbers included ten cases that have been identified as duplicates (three in Bernalillo County, four in Doña Ana County, one in Eddy County, one in McKinley County and one among NMCD inmates at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County) that have now been corrected, according to DOH. The total number of cases per county are as follows: