February 21, 2021

DOH: 747 new COVID-19 cases, 25 additional deaths over the weekend

The New Mexico Department of Health reported 747 new cases of COVID-19 this weekend and 25 additional deaths related to the disease. DOH reported 320 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths on Sunday, following 427 new cases and eleven additional deaths on Saturday. DOH has now found 182,789 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of […]

Matthew Reichbach

The New Mexico Department of Health reported 747 new cases of COVID-19 this weekend and 25 additional deaths related to the disease.

DOH reported 320 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths on Sunday, following 427 new cases and eleven additional deaths on Saturday.

DOH has now found 182,789 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic and reported 3,624 deaths related to the disease. Of the confirmed cases, 132,219 are designated as recovered by DOH.

As of Sunday, DOH reported 242 people were hospitalized for COVID-19, the fewest number since Oct. 23. This could include those from other states who are hospitalized in New Mexico, but would not include New Mexico residents who are hospitalized in other states.

DOH provided some information on each of the 14 newly reported deaths Sunday.

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from Curry County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from Lea County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 70s from Lea County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from San Juan County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from San Juan County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Santa Fe County who had underlying conditions.

And also the eleven newly reported deaths from Saturday.

A male in his 70s from Curry County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Lea County.
A male in his 50s from Otero County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions who was a resident of the Genesis Rio Rancho Center in Rio Rancho.
A female in her 80s from San Juan County.
A male in his 60s from Santa Fe County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Valencia 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 34 establishments listed 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 2,609,761 tests as of Sunday, 23,099 more than reported on Monday. The 747 positive cases on Saturday and Sunday represented 3.23 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 uses raw data, and counts all tests and not any potential duplicates.

DOH identified six previously reported cases as duplicates, one previously reported case that was not lab confirmed and one previously reported case that was determined to be an out-of-state resident. These have been corrected.

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