December 2, 2020

New Mexico surpasses 100,000 cases and reports record-breaking 40 deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday

New Mexico became the 37th state to record 100,000 cases in total for COVID-19 and the state announced a record-breaking 40 deaths Wednesday related to the illness. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement in response, saying that the state is “headed for a painful winter.” “Today alone we lost 40 New Mexicans to this […]

Susan Dunlap

New Mexico became the 37^th state to record 100,000 cases in total for COVID-19 and the state announced a record-breaking 40 deaths Wednesday related to the illness.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a statement in response, saying that the state is “headed for a painful winter.”

“Today alone we lost 40 New Mexicans to this virus. We cannot become numb to this tragedy. Families all across our state are grappling with unfathomable grief. Each of these New Mexicans was loved. Each is mourned with our whole hearts,” she said through the statement.

The state Department of Health announced 1,549 cases of the respiratory illness Wednesday, which brings the state’s overall total to 100,963 cases. There are 940 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19, an increase of 31 since Tuesday. 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.

According to the state, the total number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 1,629.

The forty additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19 were the following:

A female in her 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second 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.
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 50s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Curry County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and was a resident of the Adobe Assisted Living facility in Las Cruces.
A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was a resident of the Village at Northrise facility in Las Cruces.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Lea County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs.
A second male in his 80s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A third male in his 80s from Lea County.
A male in his 50s from Luna County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Luna County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from McKinley County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from McKinley County.
A male in his 60s from Otero County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 50s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Roosevelt County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 60s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 60s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 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 state’s latest mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

The state provided the zip codes within the state with the most COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The zip code, 87121, with the most COVID-19 cases is located in Albuquerque, but the zip codes with the second and third most COVID-19 cases, 88203 and 88201, are in Roswell.

The ten zip codes around the state with the most COVID-19 cases on Wednesday are:

87121 – 70
88203 – 61
88201 – 56
88220 – 56
87105 – 50
87031 – 46
88240 – 46
87507 – 41
87401 – 39
87114 – 34

The county with the highest number of new cases Wednesday was Bernalillo County, with 448. The three additional counties with more than 100 cases are: San Juan with 141; Chaves with 130; Doña Ana with 113.

There are 34,411 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the state DOH, according to the state.

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The additional cases Wednesday were in the following counties and correctional facilities:

448 new cases in Bernalillo County
130 new cases in Chaves County
18 new cases in Cibola County
4 new cases in Colfax County
32 new cases in Curry County
4 new cases in De Baca County
113 new cases in Doña Ana County
70 new cases in Eddy County
10 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
2 new cases in Hidalgo County
98 new cases in Lea County
4 new cases in Lincoln County
4 new cases in Los Alamos County
4 new cases in Luna County
70 new cases in McKinley County
2 new cases in Mora County
19 new cases in Otero County
3 new cases in Quay County
23 new cases in Rio Arriba County
26 new cases in Roosevelt County
85 new cases in Sandoval County
141 new cases in San Juan County
5 new cases in San Miguel County
76 new cases in Santa Fe County
14 new cases in Sierra County
5 new cases in Socorro County
2 new cases in Taos County
5 new cases in Torrance County
17 new cases in Union County
80 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
11 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County
17 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County

The state previously reported numbers that included four cases that have been identified as duplicates (one in Los Alamos County, one in McKinley County, one in Sandoval County, one in Valencia County) and one case in Valencia County that was not lab confirmed. The state has corrected those. One case previously reported in Bernalillo County was later determined to be among individuals held by federal agencies at the Torrance County Detention Facility. Four cases previously reported in Cibola County was later determined to be among NMCD inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County. Two cases previously reported in Santa Fe County were determined to be among NMCD inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County. Five cases listed in Tuesday’s correction as having been previously reported in Union County and then been determined to be among NCMD inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County should have been corrected to have been determined to be among NMCD inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County and are now reported as such, according to DOH. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 100,963 COVID-19 cases: