October 4, 2020

State reported 189 new cases of COVID-19, two additional deaths on Sunday

On Sunday, the state of New Mexico reported 189 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County once again had the highest number of new cases according to the state Department of Health, with 47, but this was only one more than Doña Ana County, which had 46. Chaves […]

Matthew Reichbach

On Sunday, the state of New Mexico reported 189 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths related to the disease.

Bernalillo County once again had the highest number of new cases according to the state Department of Health, with 47, but this was only one more than Doña Ana County, which had 46. Chaves County continued its streak of days in a row with 20 or more cases to six days in a row with 22 newly reported cases.

The state reported another case among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County.

Santa Fe County had 21 new cases of the disease, the first day the county had 20 or more cases since July 15. Lea County, with 12, was the only other county with 10 or more new cases.

The state of New Mexico has reported 30,477 cases of COVID-19 and now has reported 892 deaths related to the disease.

DOH reported some details on the two additional deaths. One was a male in his 50s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and the other was a male in his 70s from Doña Ana County. Both had underlying conditions. DOH does not disclose which medical condition any of the deceased had, only if one was present.

A total of 91 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 in New Mexico on Sunday, a decrease of four hospitalizations since Saturday. This could include those from other locations who are hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized out of state.

The number of those designated as recovered by DOH increased to 17,270, six more than reported on Saturday.

Testing details

According to the DOH coronavirus information page, the state has now processed 947,945 COVID-19 tests, an increase of 6,433 since Saturday.

DOH provided the total number of new cases by county.

47 new cases in Bernalillo County
22 new cases in Chaves County
1 new case in Cibola County
7 new cases in Curry County
46 new cases in Doña Ana County
5 new cases in Eddy County
2 new cases in Grant County
12 new cases in Lea County
2 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
4 new cases in Roosevelt County
5 new cases in Sandoval County
8 new cases in San Juan County
1 new case in San Miguel County
21 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Socorro County
1 new case in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County

Additionally, DOH reported the total number of cases by county, including Sunday’s reported cases. DOH said they identified four previously reported cases as duplicates (one in each of Bernalillo, Chaves, Grant and Santa Fe counties) and that four previously reported cases were identified to be out-of-state residents (three in Sandoval County and one in Lea County). These have been corrected and removed from the DOH total.

Below are the cumulative number of cases from detention centers that house federal detainees.

Cibola County Correctional Center: 324
Otero County Prison Facility: 286
Otero County Processing Center: 163
Torrance County Detention Facility: 44

And below are the total number of cases from detention centers that house state inmates.

Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 35
Lea County Correctional Facility: 51
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 1
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: 1
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 4

According to state health officials, there are 39 congregate care facilities that have reported at least one case of COVID-19 in the past 28 days. This is the same number as reported on Saturday.