November 12, 2020

1,753 new COVID-19 cases, 18 new deaths

New Mexico once again set a record for new COVID-19 cases and reported 18 new deaths related to the disease. At the same time, the state topped 60,000 confirmed cases just eight days after crossing 50,000 cases. The state Department of Health reported 1,753 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, breaking the record set just […]

Matthew Reichbach

New Mexico once again set a record for new COVID-19 cases and reported 18 new deaths related to the disease. At the same time, the state topped 60,000 confirmed cases just eight days after crossing 50,000 cases.

The state Department of Health reported 1,753 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, breaking the record set just the day before. New Mexico has set records for new cases five times in the last seven days, as cases continue their uncontrolled spread.

Over a third of the cases were from Bernalillo County, where officials reported 611 cases of the disease. The next-most came from Doña Ana County, with 312 cases, followed by 132 in Santa Fe County.

Other counties with 50 or more cases were: Sandoval County (90), Curry County (83), Lea County (69), Chaves County, (62) and Valencia County (57).

In all, state health officials reported at least one case in 31 of the state’s 33 counties.

DOH also reported 27 new cases among inmates held at facilities run by the state Department of Corrections.

Hospitalizations dipped from 481 on Wednesday to 471 on Thursday.

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 earlier this week showed.

DOH provided some details on each of the 18 newly announced deaths.

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized.
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. The individual was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque.
A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Sandia Senior Suites Assisted Living in Albuquerque.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A second female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A third female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces.
A female in her 80s 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 had underlying conditions and was a resident of Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces.
A male in his 70s from Otero County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions.
A second male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 50s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of Aztec Healthcare in Aztec.
A male in his 70s from Santa Fe County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 40s from Socorro County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s in Valencia County who was hospitalized and was a New Mexico Corrections Department inmate at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility.

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. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

DOH has found 60,776 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 1,176 deaths related to the disease since the beginning of the pandemic.

As of Thursday, the New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 194 workplaces listed. The watchlist includes workplaces with two or more rapid responses for positive COVID-19 cases in the previous two weeks.

No new workplaces were added on Thursday to the list of workplaces that would have to close for two weeks after four or more rapid responses in the previous 14 days.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page showed the state has processed 1,330,403 tests as of Thursday, 13,155 more than reported on Wednesday. Wednesday’s report included some backfilled tests.

DOH provided the number of newly reported cases by county.

611 new cases in Bernalillo County
1 new case in Catron County
62 new cases in Chaves County
34 new cases in Cibola County
3 new cases in Colfax County
83 new cases in Curry County
2 new cases in De Baca County
312 new cases in Doña Ana County
40 new cases in Eddy County
17 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
3 new cases in Harding County
3 new cases in Hidalgo County
69 new cases in Lea County
10 new cases in Lincoln County
6 new cases in Los Alamos County
14 new cases in Luna County
18 new cases in McKinley County
8 new cases in Otero County
3 new cases in Quay County
35 new cases in Rio Arriba County
23 new cases in Roosevelt County
90 new cases in Sandoval County
35 new cases in San Juan County
10 new cases in San Miguel County
132 new cases in Santa Fe County
7 new cases in Sierra County
13 new cases in Socorro County
21 new cases in Taos County
3 new cases in Torrance County
57 new cases in Valencia County
15 new cases 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 Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County
3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Roswell Correctional Center
8 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

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

Eleven previously reported cases were identified as duplicates (four in Bernalillo County, two in Socorro County and one in each of Chaves, Doña Ana, Luna, Rio Arriba and Sandoval counties). These were corrected and removed from the totals.

DOH also said one case previously reported as a resident of Bernalillo County was among inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County and a case previously reported as a resident of Otero County was among those held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility. These have also been corrected.

Bernalillo County: 15,548
Catron County: 13
Chaves County: 2,847
Cibola County: 901
Colfax County: 77
Curry County: 2,198
De Baca County: 21
Doña Ana County: 9,271
Eddy County: 2,049
Grant County: 271
Guadalupe County: 63
Harding County: 4
Hidalgo County: 139
Lea County: 2,836
Lincoln County: 495
Los Alamos County: 82
Luna County: 1,468
McKinley County: 5,166
Mora County: 19
Otero County: 795
Quay County: 140
Rio Arriba County: 721
Roosevelt County: 680
Sandoval County: 2,788
San Juan County: 4,289
San Miguel County: 266
Santa Fe County: 2,834
Sierra County: 174
Socorro County: 364
Taos County: 406
Torrance County: 154
Union County: 47
Valencia County: 1,461

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: 418
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: 175
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 3
Lea County Correctional Facility: 113
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 13
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 18
Otero County Prison Facility: 472
Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 70
Roswell Correctional Center: 218
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 101
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 101 long-term care facilities, one fewer than reported on Tuesday.