November 26, 2020

DOH: 1,708 new cases of COVID-19, 18 new deaths

The state Department of Health reported 1,708 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the second-straight day of fewer than 2,000 cases. The department also reported 18 additional deaths related to the disease On Thursday, the department reported 880 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an decrease of 17 since Wednesday. This could include those from other […]

Matthew Reichbach

The state Department of Health reported 1,708 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the second-straight day of fewer than 2,000 cases. The department also reported 18 additional deaths related to the disease

On Thursday, the department reported 880 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an decrease of 17 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.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases, again, with 671. Four other counties reported 100 or more cases as well: Doña Ana County (182), Sandoval County (120), San Juan County (119) and McKinley County (100).

DOH also reported 3 new cases among those held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center and two new cases among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections.

DOH provided some information on each of the 18 newly reported deaths.

A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A third female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
A fourth female in her 70s from Bernalillo County.
A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and 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 hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces.
A second female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces.
A male in in his 60s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces.
A second male in in his 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. She was a resident of Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation facility.
A male in his 50s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from San Juan County.
A female in her 60s from San Miguel County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from San Miguel County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Kingston Residence of Santa Fe facility.

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 state’s latest mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

DOH has now found 89,796 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 1,469 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 30,777 are designated as recovered by the department.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page showed 1,504,856tests processed as of Thursday, an increase of 17,016 from Wednesday’s total.

DOH also provided the total number of newly reported cases by county.

671 new cases in Bernalillo County
66 new cases in Chaves County
10 new cases in Cibola County
3 new cases in Colfax County
26 new cases in Curry County
3 new cases in De Baca County
182 new cases in Doña Ana County
29 new cases in Eddy County
13 new cases in Grant County
4 new cases in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Harding County
4 new cases in Hidalgo County
54 new cases in Lea County
30 new cases in Lincoln County
2 new cases in Los Alamos County
7 new cases in Luna County
100 new cases in McKinley County
17 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
25 new cases in Rio Arriba County
14 new cases in Roosevelt County
120 new cases in Sandoval County
119 new cases in San Juan County
8 new cases in San Miguel County
84 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Sierra County
6 new cases in Socorro County
8 new cases in Taos County
5 new cases in Torrance County
10 new cases in Union County
78 new cases in Valencia County
3 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center
1 new case 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

DOH also reported the total number of cases by county, including those reported on Wednesday.

The department identified four previously reported cases as duplicates (10 in Bernalillo County, two in Roosevelt County and two in San Juan County). And five cases previously reported in Union County, one case previously reported in Bernalillo County and one case previously reported in Valencia County were determined to be inmates held by the state Department of Corrections at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility. These have all been corrected.