November 7, 2020

State reports 16 new deaths related to COVID-19, matches single-day high number of cases

On Saturday, New Mexico matched its record high number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, previously set on Friday, with 1,287 newly reported cases of the respiratory disease, along with 16 additional deaths. Hospitalizations for the disease also hit a new high, with a large number of individuals hospitalized reported on Saturday. The […]

Matthew Reichbach

On Saturday, New Mexico matched its record high number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, previously set on Friday, with 1,287 newly reported cases of the respiratory disease, along with 16 additional deaths. Hospitalizations for the disease also hit a new high, with a large number of individuals hospitalized reported on Saturday.

The state Department of Health announced the new COVID-19 cases, which included 325 in Bernalillo County and 206 in Doña Ana County, on Saturday.

The department also announced there were 77 new cases in McKinley County, 71 new cases in Sandoval County, 71 new cases in San Juan County, 65 new cases in Santa Fe County and 57 new cases in Lea County. In all, 29 of the state’s 33 counties reported at least one new COVID-19 case on Saturday.

DOH also reported 71 new cases among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections, including 66 at the Roswell Correctional Center, and three new cases among those held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility.

DOH said there are now 441 individuals hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 39 people from Friday. This could include those from out of state who are hospitalized for COVID-19 in New Mexico, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized out of state. The number of those hospitalized from out of state has been a low percentage of overall cases, the state’s hospitalization update from this week showed.

As of Friday, 77 percent of general and 80 percent of ICU beds were occupied. This included hospitalizations for all reasons, not just COVID-19.

The 16 newly reported deaths were the second-most reported in a single day, and came two days after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham warned that November would feature many deaths from the disease.

DOH provided some details on each of the deaths.

A female in her 50s 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 second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque.
A third female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque.
A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 30s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Chaves County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces facility.
A male in his 30s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 30s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 20s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Sierra County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from Taos County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen.

The most common underlying condition for those who died with COVID-19 was cardiovascular disease, followed by diabetes and hypertension, according to the state’s latest mortality update.

DOH has now found 54,671 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Mexico, and the number of deaths related to the disease reached 1,104 as of Saturday.

Of the confirmed cases, 23,088 are now designated as recovered by DOH.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist now includes 171 workplaces with two or more COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks. This includes eight that had four or more, which required a fourteen day closure. One new closure, a Walmart Supercenter on West Main Street in Farmington, occurred on Saturday.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page said 1,250,724 COVID-19 tests have been processed as of Saturday, an increase of 12,149 since Friday.

The 1,287 confirmed cases represented 10.59 percent of all tests processed.

DOH announced the total number of newly reported cases on Saturday by county.

325 new cases in Bernalillo County
56 new cases in Chaves County
7 new cases in Cibola County
4 new cases in Colfax County
36 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
206 new cases in Doña Ana County
40 new cases in Eddy County
5 new cases in Grant County
57 new cases in Lea County
6 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
25 new cases in Luna County
77 new cases in McKinley County
48 new cases in Otero County
5 new cases in Quay County
14 new cases in Rio Arriba County
17 new cases in Roosevelt County
71 new cases in Sandoval County
71 new cases in San Juan County
5 new cases in San Miguel County
65 new cases in Santa Fe County
7 new cases in Sierra County
3 new cases in Socorro County
21 new cases in Taos County
3 new cases in Torrance County
1 new case in Union County
36 new cases in Valencia County
3 new cases 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
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County
66 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Roswell Correctional Center
2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at theSouthern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

DOH also reported the total number of COVID-19 cases by county, including those reported on Saturday.

Nine cases previously reported by DOH were identified as duplicates (four in Doña Ana County and one in each of Bernalillo, Lea, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Socorro counties), and one previously reported case in Bernalillo County was not lab confirmed. These have been corrected and removed from DOH’s totals.

Bernalillo County: 13,493
Catron County: 10
Chaves County: 2,470
Cibola County: 775
Colfax County: 56
Curry County: 1,886
De Baca County: 4
Doña Ana County: 8,089
Eddy County: 1,774
Grant County: 232
Guadalupe County: 52
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 130
Lea County: 2,494
Lincoln County: 427
Los Alamos County: 63
Luna County: 1,363
McKinley County: 4,988
Mora County: 17
Otero County: 693
Quay County: 124
Rio Arriba County: 630
Roosevelt County: 596
Sandoval County: 2,410
San Juan County: 4,096
San Miguel County: 226
Santa Fe County: 2,308
Sierra County: 158
Socorro County: 312
Taos County: 332
Torrance County: 131
Union County: 47
Valencia County: 1,274

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: 402
Otero County Processing Center: 191
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: 160
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 2
Lea County Correctional Facility: 113
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 10
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 9
Otero County Prison Facility: 472
Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 61
Roswell Correctional Center: 136
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 57
Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 5

DOH has identified at least one positive COVID-19 case in residents and/or staff in the past 28 days in 85 long-term care facilities, the same number as reported on Friday.