December 15, 2020

State crosses 2,000 COVID-19 deaths, with 28 additional deaths reported Tuesday

The state of New Mexico announced Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 deaths have now crossed 2,000 since the start of the pandemic. The state Department of Health reported 1,275 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The department also reported 28 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases […]

Matthew Reichbach

The state of New Mexico announced Tuesday that the number of COVID-19 deaths have now crossed 2,000 since the start of the pandemic.

The state Department of Health reported 1,275 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The department also reported 28 additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Tuesday, with 444. Only one other county, Lea County with 123, had 100 or more cases reported on Tuesday. The next-most was Sandoval County, with 97 new cases.

DOH also reported 29 new cases among inmates at three New Mexico Corrections Department facilities.

On Tuesday, the department reported 865 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 5 people since Monday. 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 28 newly reported deaths.

A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. She was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque.
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 60s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Curry County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Curry 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 female in her 40s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 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 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 80s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 30s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 60s from Santa Fe County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Sierra County who was hospitalized and was a resident of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.
A female in her 70s from Socorro County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 80s from Taos County. She was a resident of the Taos Living Center facility in Taos.
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 most recently available mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

DOH has now found 122,577 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 2,006 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 48,105 were designated as recovered by the department as of Tuesday, an increase of 1,600 since Monday.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 157 establishments as of Tuesday, 21 more than listed on Monday. 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 1,755,426 tests as of Tuesday, 14,025 more than reported on Monday.

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

444 new cases in Bernalillo County
54 new cases in Chaves County
7 new cases in Cibola County
4 new cases in Colfax County
18 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
75 new cases in Doña Ana County
70 new cases in Eddy County
10 new cases in Grant County
6 new cases in Guadalupe County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
123 new cases in Lea County
2 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
3 new cases in Luna County
73 new cases in McKinley County
2 new cases in Mora County
20 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
18 new cases in Rio Arriba County
24 new cases in Roosevelt County
97 new cases in Sandoval County
75 new cases in San Juan County
10 new cases in San Miguel County
40 new cases in Santa Fe County
4 new cases in Sierra County
6 new cases in Socorro County
7 new cases in Taos County
2 new cases in Torrance County
4 new cases in Union County
44 new cases in Valencia County
2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
26 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility

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

Sixteen previously reported cases were identified as duplicates (four in Bernalillo County, three in Sierra County, three in Santa Fe County, two in Chaves County, two in Doña Ana County and one in Valencia County) and one previously reported case in Valencia County was not lab confirmed. These have been corrected.