November 5, 2020

State shatters record for most single-day deaths, a day after the previous record was set

State health officials reported another record number of deaths in a single day on Thursday, with 23 deaths. The state’s previous high was14 deaths reported in a single day—set Wednesday. The state has now had nearly 90 deaths in the last seven days. The state Department of Health also reported 862 new confirmed cases of […]

Matthew Reichbach

State health officials reported another record number of deaths in a single day on Thursday, with 23 deaths. The state’s previous high was14 deaths reported in a single day—set Wednesday.

The state has now had nearly 90 deaths in the last seven days.

The state Department of Health also reported 862 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 after two-straight days of more than 1,000 new cases.

Hospitalizations also reached 400 again, seven more than reported on Wednesday, including 59 on ventilators. 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 officials have said these two numbers are usually similar.

DOH provided some information on the 23 newly reported deaths.

A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 40s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 50s 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.
A second male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 70s from Cibola County who had underlying conditions.
A male in his 60s from Curry County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 40s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was a resident of Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces.
A male in his 60s from Doña Ana 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 second male in his 70s 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 male in his 80s from Eddy County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 90s from Eddy County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation facility.
A male in his 60s from Luna County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 80s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of the Kingston Residence of Santa Fe facility.
A female in her 100s from Santa Fe County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Kingston Residence of Santa facility.
A male in his 90s from Santa Fe County who was a resident of Mi Casa Bonita facility in Santa Fe.
A male in his 70s in Valencia County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was an inmate with the New Mexico Corrections Department Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County.

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.

Among just new cases, Bernalillo County had 202 newly reported cases on Thursday, while Doña Ana County had 137. Other counties with 30 or more cases were: Chaves County (53), Santa Fe County (43), Curry County (45), Sandoval County (38) and Valencia County (31).

State health officials also reported 25 new cases among those held by federal agencies or the state Corrections Department in detention centers or prisons.

DOH continued to announce a high number of test results each day, with 11,395 total tests. The test positivity rate among Thursday’s reported test was 7.56 percent.

DOH has now found 51,110 cases of COVID-19 and reported 1,082 deaths among New Mexicans.

Of the confirmed cases, 22,459 have been designated as recovered by the department.

Testing details

DOH reported that it has now processed 1,230,205 total tests as of Tuesday.

The department also provided the total number of newly reported cases by county:

202 new cases in Bernalillo County
53 new cases in Chaves County
28 new cases in Cibola County
45 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
137 new cases in Doña Ana County
42 new cases in Eddy County
3 new cases in Grant County
2 new cases in Guadalupe County
28 new cases in Lea County
2 new cases in Lincoln County
2 new cases in Los Alamos County
51 new cases in Luna County
26 new cases in McKinley County
1 new case in Mora County
7 new cases in Otero County
14 new cases in Rio Arriba County
12 new cases in Roosevelt County
38 new cases in Sandoval County
26 new cases in San Juan County
5 new cases in San Miguel County
53 new cases in Santa Fe County
6 new cases in Sierra County
7 new cases in Socorro County
13 new cases in Taos County
2 new cases in Torrance County
31 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 Lea County Correctional Facility
12 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County
9 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Roswell Correctional Center

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

The department identified three previously reported cases as duplicates (two in Doña Ana County and one in Sandoval County) and they were removed from the totals.

Bernalillo County: 12,828
Catron County: 10
Chaves County: 2,376
Cibola County: 758
Colfax County: 49
Curry County: 1,799
De Baca County: 3
Doña Ana County: 7,627
Eddy County: 1,705
Grant County: 223
Guadalupe County: 49
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 129
Lea County: 2,400
Lincoln County: 412
Los Alamos County: 60
Luna County: 1,301
McKinley County: 4,886
Mora County: 16
Otero County: 621
Quay County: 117
Rio Arriba County: 588
Roosevelt County: 553
Sandoval County: 2,273
San Juan County: 3,991
San Miguel County: 214
Santa Fe County: 2,149
Sierra County: 147
Socorro County: 296
Taos County: 305
Torrance County: 123
Union County: 46
Valencia County: 1,172

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: 399
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: 155
Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 1
Lea County Correctional Facility: 113
Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 10
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 8
Otero County Prison Facility: 472
Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 60
Roswell Correctional Center: 22
Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 55
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, an increase of five since Wednesday.