January 3, 2021

DOH: 1,033 new cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths Sunday

The state Department of Health reported 1,033 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 17 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Sunday, with 345. Doña Ana County, with 131, was the only other county with more than 100 cases. On Sunday, the department reported 716 individuals […]

Susan Dunlap

The state Department of Health reported 1,033 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 17 additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Sunday, with 345. Doña Ana County, with 131, was the only other county with more than 100 cases.

On Sunday, the department reported 716 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 54 people since Saturday. 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 17 newly reported deaths.

A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the South Valley Care Center facility and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center facility in Albuquerque.
A second male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Tender Heart Assisted Living facility in Albuquerque and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of the Palmilla Senior Living facility in Albuquerque and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Curry County who was a resident of the Wheatfields Senior Living Community facility in Clovis and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Eddy County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Lincoln County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from Luna County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Roosevelt County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Sandoval County who was a resident of the Avamere at Rio Rancho facility and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the Vista Hermosa facility in Santa Fe.
A female in her 70s from Socorro County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 90s from Valencia 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 146,394 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,551 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 68,876 were designated as recovered by the department as of Sunday, an increase of 1,303 since Saturday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 79 establishments as of Saturday, an increase of 14 since Saturday. 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 2,006,168 tests as of Sunday, 10,839 more than reported on Saturday.

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

345 new cases in Bernalillo County

30 new cases in Chaves County

3 new cases in Cibola County

2 new cases in Colfax County

17 new cases in Curry County

1 new case in De Baca County

131 new cases in Doña Ana County

55 new cases in Eddy County

20 new cases in Grant County

1 new case in Guadalupe County

12 new cases in Hidalgo County

63 new cases in Lea County

17 new cases in Lincoln County

1 new case in Los Alamos County

13 new cases in Luna County

42 new cases in McKinley County

10 new cases in Otero County

2 new cases in Quay County

22 new cases in Rio Arriba County

19 new cases in Roosevelt County

75 new cases in Sandoval County

70 new cases in San Juan County

2 new cases in San Miguel County

25 new cases in Santa Fe County

18 new cases in Sierra County

4 new cases in Taos County

7 new cases in Torrance County

1 new case in Union County

15 new cases in Valencia 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 Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

DOH previously reported numbers included eight cases that have been identified as duplicates (five in Doña Ana County, one in Lea County, one in San Juan County and one case among NMCD inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County) and ten cases that were not lab-confirmed (two in Doña Ana County, one in Eddy County, four in Lea County and three in Luna County) – these now have been corrected, according to DOH. One case previously reported to be among NMCD inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County has been determined to be a Valencia County resident and is now reported as such, according to DOH. The total number of cases per county are as follows: