July 26, 2020

NM surpasses 19,000 total cases of COVID-19 since March

New Mexico health officials announced 266 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths from the disease on Sunday. There have now been 19,042 total cases and 614 deaths in the state. According to the state, as of Sunday, there were 144 people hospitalized for COVID-19 and 7,349 people have recovered from the disease. Bernalillo […]

Andy Lyman

New Mexico health officials announced 266 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths from the disease on Sunday. There have now been 19,042 total cases and 614 deaths in the state.

According to the state, as of Sunday, there were 144 people hospitalized for COVID-19 and 7,349 people have recovered from the disease.

Bernalillo County continues to outpace other counties in the state, in both new and total cases.

The state Department of Health announced 520,718 tests have been processed as of Sunday, an increase of 8,293 over Saturday’s announcement. The 266 confirmed cases represented 3.21 percent of the total tests processed.

Here are the new cases by county:

91 new cases in Bernalillo County
7 new cases in Chaves County
2 new cases in Cibola County
22 new cases in Curry County
26 new cases in Doña Ana County
4 new cases in Eddy County
2 new cases in Guadalupe County
18 new cases in Lea County
8 new cases in Lincoln County
5 new cases in Luna County
14 new cases in McKinley County
5 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
4 new cases in Rio Arriba County
2 new cases in Roosevelt County
15 new cases in Sandoval County
4 new cases in San Juan County
2 new cases in San Miguel County
15 new cases in Santa Fe County
1 new case in Sierra County
3 new cases in Socorro County
1 new case in Taos County
2 new cases in Union County
12 new cases in Valencia County

Below are the the cumulative number of cases by county:

Bernalillo County: 4,405
Catron County: 4
Chaves County: 267
Cibola County: 294
Colfax County: 12
Curry County: 379
Doña Ana County: 1,990
Eddy County: 221
Grant County: 63
Guadalupe County: 29
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 85
Lea County: 523
Lincoln County: 75
Los Alamos County: 16
Luna County: 190
McKinley County: 3,909
Mora County: 6
Otero County: 147
Quay County: 31
Rio Arriba County: 275
Roosevelt County: 110
Sandoval County: 1,009
San Juan County: 2,915
San Miguel County: 39
Santa Fe County: 497
Sierra County: 26
Socorro County: 71
Taos County: 84
Torrance County: 52
Union County: 23
Valencia County: 313

Nearly 60 percent of the newly reported deaths occurred in McKinley County, according to state officials. In all but one of the reported deaths, individuals reportedly has an underlying condition, but state health officials did not disclose what those conditions were.

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 30s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s from McKinley County who was hospitalized.
A female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from McKinley County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 30s from Rio Arriba County who had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.

There are currently four detention centers which house federal detainees that have reported positive cases. Below is a breakdown of facilities with federal detainees:

Cibola County Correctional Center: 5
Otero County Prison Facility: 277
Otero County Processing Center: 159
Torrance County Detention Facility: 43

Below is the cumulative number positive cases in detention centers that house state detainees: