New Mexico health officials announced 330 new positive tests for COVID-19 today—one fewer than the highest caseload day so far on June 5, which included a 129 cases between state and federal inmates at Otero County Prison Facility.
Today's new cases bring the statewide total thus far to 15,841, of which 6,496 have been designated as recovered by the health department.
In today's numbers, Bernalillo County carried a significant load of the new cases: 162 of them. Doña Ana County had the second highest number of new cases with 35. And Santa Fe County had the third highest: 29 cases, the highest number reported here thus far in the pandemic. Santa Fe County has now had 380 cases, of which 156 have been designated as recovered by the health department.
The state also reported six new deaths; there have been 557 fatalities.
As of today, 174 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
Today's figures arrive as the state's weekly modeling report shows that people in the 20-to-29-year-old age group have made up the largest percentage of new cases every week since mid-June—more than 25% of new cases investigated last week. They are followed by age groups 30-to-39 and 40-to-49-year olds.
In slightly better news, the effective rate of transmission has decreased (it's currently listed at 1.08; the target is 1.05), and deaths also have been decreasing since May. However, hospitalizations have been increasing (as have case numbers). People in the 50-to-59 and 60-to-69-year-old age groups each make up approximately 20% of the total hospitalized cases. Ventilator use, however, has decreased.
New cases
- 162 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 2 new cases in Chaves County
- 3 new cases in Cibola County
- 1 new case in Colfax County
- 4 new cases in Curry County
- 35 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 4 new cases in Eddy County
- 3 new cases in Grant County
- 8 new cases in Lea County
- 4 new cases in Lincoln County
- 1 new case in Luna County
- 12 new cases in McKinley County
- 1 new case in Otero County
- 2 new cases in Quay County
- 7 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 2 new cases in Roosevelt County
- 14 new cases in Sandoval County
- 24 new cases in San Juan County
- 29 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 1 new case in Sierra County
- 2 new cases in Taos County
- 8 new cases in Valencia County
- 1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Otero County Prison Facility
New fatalities
- A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque
- A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A male in his 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A female in her 80s from McKinley County who had underlying conditions
- A male in his 30s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A female in her 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
Congregate facilities
The Department of Health has identified at least one positive COVID-19 case in residents and/or staff in the past 28 days at the following facilities:
- The Adobe in Las Cruces
- The Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Alamogordo
- Advanced Health Care of Albuquerque in Albuquerque
- BeeHive Homes of Farmington in Farmington
- Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bloomfield
- Blue Horizon Assisted Living in Las Cruces
- Bonney Family Home in Gallup
- Brookdale Juan Tabo Place in Albuquerque
- Camino Healthcare in Albuquerque
- Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
- Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces
- Casa Real in Santa Fe
- Crane’s Roost Care Home in Aztec
- Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
- Good Samaritan Society in Grants
- Little Sisters of the Poor in Gallup
- The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho
- Princeton Place in Albuquerque
- Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
- Retirement Ranches, Inc. in Clovis
- The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
- Rio Rancho Center in Rio Rancho
- Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces
- Sandia Ridge Center in Albuquerque
- Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Los Alamos
- Sierra Health Care Center, Inc. in Truth or Consequences
- Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
- The Village at Northrise in Las Cruces
- Welbrook Senior Living Las Cruces in Las Cruces
Statewide cases
According to a state news release, previously reported numbers included three cases that have been identified as duplicates: two in McKinley County and one in Santa Fe County; these have been corrected for the statewide totals. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
*Per the health department, hospitalization figures include people who were tested elsewhere but are hospitalized in New Mexico, but don't include people who were tested here but are hospitalized out of state.
