October 31, 2020

11 additional deaths related to COVID-19 and a partial count of 592 new cases reported Saturday

The state Department of Health announced 11 additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 592 additional cases of the disease, but due to technical difficulties, that is a partial count. The state experienced a technical disruption of the electronic laboratory reporting system, according to DOH. The state will report the delayed results in its daily reporting […]

Susan Dunlap

The state Department of Health announced 11 additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 592 additional cases of the disease, but due to technical difficulties, that is a partial count.

The state experienced a technical disruption of the electronic laboratory reporting system, according to DOH. The state will report the delayed results in its daily reporting as soon as those numbers are available, DOH said in its news release.

There are 354 individuals who are hospitalized in the state for COVID-19 as of Saturday. That is an increase of 20 since Friday. The number of hospitalizations may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.

The state’s overall hospital capacity is at 79 percent of general beds at New Mexico hospitals that are occupied and 77 percent of ICU beds in the state that are occupied. This includes patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 and other reasons.

The total number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now at 1,018. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered flags to fly at half mast next week to honor those who have died related COVID-19 deaths.

The 11 additional deaths related to the disease were the following:

A 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. The individual was a resident of Skies Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Lotus Care Homes Galaxia facility in Albuquerque.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second 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 had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Casa del Sol Center facility in Las Cruces.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Casa del Sol Center facility in Las Cruces.
A male in his 40s from Otero County who was hospitalized.

As usual, DOH did not disclose which underlying conditions any of the deceased had, only if one was present. According to the latest state epidemiology report, the most common underlying condition among those who have died in New Mexico so far is cardiovascular disease, followed by diabetes and hypertension. Some who have died had multiple conditions.

There are 21,570 COVID-19 cases designated by the state as having recovered.

Testing

The current cases broken down by county are the following:

187 new cases in Bernalillo County
41 new cases in Chaves County
15 new cases in Cibola County
18 new cases in Curry County
127 new cases in Doña Ana County
9 new cases in Eddy County
3 new cases in Grant County
2 new cases in Hidalgo County
6 new cases in Lea County
6 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
17 new cases in Luna County
22 new cases in McKinley County
6 new cases in Otero County
10 new cases in Rio Arriba County
3 new cases in Roosevelt County
31 new cases in Sandoval County
17 new cases in San Juan County
1 new case in San Miguel County
33 new cases in Santa Fe County
8 new cases in Sierra County
4 new cases in Socorro County
6 new cases in Taos County
14 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County

The state previously reported numbers that included ten cases that have been identified as duplicates (two in Bernalillo County, one in Chaves County, one in Cibola County, two in Dona Ana County, one in Sandoval County, two in Santa Fe County, one in Valencia County) and one case in Bernalillo County that was not lab confirmed. According to the state, those errors have been corrected.

The total number of cases in New Mexico is 46,490:

Bernalillo County: 11,636
Catron County: 10
Chaves County: 2,134
Cibola County: 649
Colfax County: 46
Curry County: 1,633
De Baca County: 2
Doña Ana County: 6,699
Eddy County: 1,531
Grant County: 197
Guadalupe County: 46
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 124
Lea County: 2,208
Lincoln County: 393
Los Alamos County: 49
Luna County: 1,140
McKinley County: 4,729
Mora County: 15
Otero County: 553
Quay County: 106
Rio Arriba County: 530
Roosevelt County: 481
Sandoval County: 2,106
San Juan County: 3,850
San Miguel County: 187
Santa Fe County: 1,866
Sierra County: 127
Socorro County: 262
Taos County: 261
Torrance County: 104
Union County: 41
Valencia County: 1,056

DOH reported the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the following facilities:

Cibola County Correctional Center: 348
Otero County Prison Facility: 391
Otero County Processing Center: 190
Torrance County Detention Facility: 44

DOH reported the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by the New Mexico Corrections Department at the following facilities:

Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 94
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 1
Lea County Correctional Facility: 110
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 5
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 1
Otero County Prison Facility: 472
Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 3
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 55
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 4

DOH has identified at least one positive COVID-19 case in residents and/or staff in the past 28 days at 69 the following long-term care facilities, two more than Friday: