New Mexico passed the million mark earlier today for the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses it has administered, with 37.4% of residents having had at least one shot and 22.4% fully vaccinated.
As those numbers increase, the health department this morning added more groups in Phase 1B of its vaccination plan, as well as all of 1C to the list of those who are now eligible for a vaccine. The state says that means roughly 1.62 million of the 1.68 million people 16 years and older in the state are therefore eligible. In terms of groups, the new phases add all frontline workers; all essential workers; people in congregate settings; and all people 60 years and up.
New Mexico health officials today reported 226 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 189,374. The health department has designated 170,799 of those as recovered.
Bernalillo County had 84 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 41 and Sandoval County with 29. Santa Fe County had the fourth highest number of new cases: 17. Nine of those cases were in the 87507 ZIP code, which ranked fifth in the state for the most new cases today.
The state also announced five additional deaths from four counties; there have now been 3,882 fatalities statewide.
As of today, 130 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
New cases
- 84 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Chaves County
- 1 new case in Cibola County
- 41 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 4 new cases in Eddy County
- 5 new cases in Grant County
- 1 new case in Hidalgo County
- 5 new cases in Lea County
- 6 new cases in Luna County
- 2 new cases in McKinley County
- 8 new cases in Otero County
- 2 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 29 new cases in Sandoval County
- 8 new cases in San Juan County
- 4 new cases in San Miguel County
- 17 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 4 new cases in Torrance County
- 4 new cases in Valencia County
New fatalities
- A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions
- A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County
- A male in his 90s from Chaves County who had underlying conditions
- A male in his 50s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A male in his 70s from Otero County who 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:
- Advanced Health Care in Albuquerque
- Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- The Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Alamogordo
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
- BeeHive Homes Farmington
- Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces
- Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
- Casa Sandia in Albuquerque
- Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
- Good Life Senior Living in Carlsbad
- Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare in Alamogordo
- Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
- La Vida Llena Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Mission Arch Center in Roswell
- MorningStar Assisted Living and Memory Care of Albuquerque
- The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
- Pacifica Senior Living in Santa Fe
- Princeton Place in Albuquerque
- The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
- Santa Fe Care Center in Santa Fe
- Senior Living Systems in Los Lunas
- Suites at Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
- Welbrook Senior Living in Las Cruces
- The Woodmark at Uptown in Albuquerque
Statewide cases
According to a health department news release, previously reported numbers included 10 cases that have been identified as duplicates (seven in Bernalillo County and three in Rio Arriba County)—these have now been corrected. Two cases previously reported in Valencia County have been determined to be among state inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County and are now reported as such. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
- Bernalillo County: 53,932
- Catron County: 82
- Chaves County: 8,704
- Cibola County: 2,805
- Colfax County: 716
- Curry County: 4,988
- De Baca County: 133
- Doña Ana County: 23,476
- Eddy County: 6,605
- Grant County: 1,588
- Guadalupe County: 365
- Harding County: 8
- Hidalgo County: 351
- Lea County: 8,135
- Lincoln County: 1,575
- Los Alamos County: 493
- Luna County: 3,177
- McKinley County: 12,101
- Mora County: 168
- Otero County: 3,536
- Quay County: 425
- Rio Arriba County: 3,447
- Roosevelt County: 1,853
- Sandoval County: 11,151
- San Juan County: 13,632
- San Miguel County: 1,303
- Santa Fe County: 9,762
- Sierra County: 707
- Socorro County: 1,233
- Taos County: 1,594
- Torrance County: 669
- Union County: 244
- Valencia County: 6,317
Cases among people being held by federal agencies
- Cibola County Correctional Center: 446
- Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 443
- Otero County Processing Center: 197
- Torrance County Detention Facility: 47
Cases among people being held by the New Mexico Department of Corrections
- Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 292
- Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 251
- Lea County Correctional Facility: 758
- Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 167
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 126
- Otero County Prison Facility: 472
- Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 215
- Roswell Correctional Center: 230
- Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 229
- Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 151
- Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 75
*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.
