February 14, 2021

NM reports 856 new COVId-19 cases, 27 deaths over the weekend, as hospitalizations plummet

Over the weekend, the state of New Mexico reported 856 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 additional deaths related to the disease. This was with 571 new cases and 14 additional deaths on Saturday and 285 new cases and 13 additional deaths on Sunday. As of Sunday, 292 individuals were hospitalized for the disease, 73 […]

Matthew Reichbach

Over the weekend, the state of New Mexico reported 856 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 additional deaths related to the disease.

This was with 571 new cases and 14 additional deaths on Saturday and 285 new cases and 13 additional deaths on Sunday.

As of Sunday, 292 individuals were hospitalized for the disease, 73 fewer than on Friday and the fewest since Oct. 26. This could include those from other states who are hospitalized in New Mexico, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized in other states.

DOH has now found 180,571 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic and reported 3,529 deaths related to the disease. Of the confirmed cases, 120,051 are designated as recovered by DOH.

DOH provided some information on each of the 13 newly reported deaths Sunday.

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque.
A second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. She was a resident of the Casa Palo Duro facility in Albuquerque.
A female in her 90s from Catron County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 60s from Chaves County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Luna County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from McKinley County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup.
A male in his 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from San Miguel County.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the BeeHive Homes Santa Fe facility.

And the 14 additional deaths reported on Saturday:

A female in her 50s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Sandia Ridge Center in Albuquerque.
A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque.
A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Ladera Center in Albuquerque.
A female in her 70s from Eddy County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 90s from Grant County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions who was a resident of the Santa Clara Assisted Living facility in Santa Clara.
A female in her 70s from Lea County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Rio Arriba County.
A female in her 60s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the The Suites at Rio Vista facility in Rio Rancho.
A female in her 40s from San Juan County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from San Juan County who had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 70s from San Juan County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 50s from Santa Fe 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.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 45 establishments as of Sunday. 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 2,543,345 tests as of Sunday, 85,097 more than reported on Friday. The 856 positive cases on Saturday and Sunday represented 1.01 percent of the newly reported tests, though this calculation is not the same as the one used by the state for its gating criteria, since it counts all test and not any potential duplicates.

DOH identified nine previously reported cases as duplicates (four in Santa Fe County and one in each of Doña Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Roosevelt and San Juan counties). These have been corrected.

The total number of cases per county, as of Sunday, are as follows: