October 25, 2020

Second day of 800+ new cases of COVID-19, 2 deaths

State health officials reported Sunday 828 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths related to the disease. It’s the second day in a row that the state has reported more than 800 new cases. The state Department of Health also reported 287 individuals are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 23 since Saturday and […]

Kendra Chamberlain

State health officials reported Sunday 828 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths related to the disease. It’s the second day in a row that the state has reported more than 800 new cases.

The state Department of Health also reported 287 individuals are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 23 since Saturday and another record. This could include those from out of state who are hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized for COVID-19.

As of Sunday, 77 percent of all general hospital beds were occupied and 50 percent of ICU beds. This includes those hospitalized for all reasons, not just COVID-19.

DOH reported 206 new COVID-19 cases in Doña Ana County, a record for that county and the most of any county in the state on Sunday. Bernalillo County, the state’s most populous county, had 156 new cases. Six other counties had more than 30 new cases: Lea County (46), Luna County (44), Chaves County (42), Eddy County (39), Santa Fe County (38), and Curry County (32). DOH reported double-digit increases in seven other counties.

The state also reported 21 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility and 40 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County.

The two deaths were a male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions, and a male in his 20s from Lincoln County who had no underlying conditions, representing one of the youngest deaths related to the disease.

The state has recorded a total of 41,863 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and 967 deaths.

DOH has designated 20,837 COVID-19 cases as recovered, an increase of 72 since Saturday.

Testing details

The DOH coronavirus information page said the state has processed 1,118,844 tests, an increase of 9,749 tests since Sunday.

The new cases in each county are:

156 new cases in Bernalillo County
42 new cases in Chaves County
12 new cases in Cibola County
32 new cases in Curry County
206 new cases in Doña Ana County
39 new cases in Eddy County
1 new case in Grant County
5 new cases in Hidalgo County
46 new cases in Lea County
5 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
44 new cases in Luna County
25 new cases in McKinley County
13 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
3 new cases in Rio Arriba County
3 new cases in Roosevelt County
28 new cases in Sandoval County
15 new cases in San Juan County
8 new cases in San Miguel County
38 new cases in Santa Fe County
5 new cases in Sierra County
14 new cases in Socorro County
8 new cases in Taos County
1 new case in Torrance County
14 new cases in Valencia County
21 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility
1 new case among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
40 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
1 new case among individuals held by federal agencies at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

DOH also provided the total number of cases by county, including the cases announced on Sunday. Seven previously reported cases (one reported in Bernalillo County and six reported in Cibola County) were identified as individuals being held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center and are now reported as such.

Bernalillo County: 10,284
Catron County: 9
Chaves County: 1,963
Cibola County: 559
Colfax County: 44
Curry County: 1,503
De Baca County: 1
Doña Ana County: 5,624
Eddy County: 1,398
Grant County: 184
Guadalupe County: 41
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 118
Lea County: 2,062
Lincoln County: 362
Los Alamos County: 43
Luna County: 805
McKinley County: 4,596
Mora County: 14
Otero County: 484
Quay County: 100
Rio Arriba County: 483
Roosevelt County: 441
Sandoval County: 1,932
San Juan County: 3,734
San Miguel County: 170
Santa Fe County: 1,631
Sierra County: 101
Socorro County: 226
Taos County: 209
Torrance County: 99
Union County: 39
Valencia County: 905

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: 385
Otero County Processing Center: 187
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: 87
Lea County Correctional Facility: 109
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: 1
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 in 63 long-term care facilities, an increase of 4 since Saturday.