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COVID-19 Map
New Mexico health officials today reported 175 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 201,868. The health department has designated 187,238 of those cases as recovered.
Bernalillo County had 43 new cases, followed by San Juan County with 37 and Santa Fe County with 18, seven of which were in the 87507 ZIP code, which ranked third in the state for the most new cases today.
The health department, City of Santa Fe, Chainbreaker Collective, Sirius Cycle and Safe Routes to School will host a vaccination event from 11 am to 3 pm tomorrow, May 22, at the Southside Library as part of Santa Fe Bike Month. Pre-registration is not required in order to be vaccinated. Daily vaccination events can also be found via the DOH vaccination calendar.
The state also announced five additional deaths; there have now been 4,131 fatalities.
As of today, 144 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
Currently, 63.8% of New Mexicans have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 53.4% are fully vaccinated. In Santa Fe County, 72.2% have had at least one dose and 60.6% are fully inoculated.
New cases
- 43 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 4 new cases in Chaves County
- 2 new cases in Cibola County
- 4 new cases in Curry County
- 1 new case in De Baca County
- 12 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 4 new cases in Eddy County
- 4 new cases in Guadalupe County
- 1 new case in Lincoln County
- 1 new case in Los Alamos County
- 1 new case in Luna County
- 1 new case in McKinley County
- 5 new cases in Otero County
- 3 new cases in Quay County
- 8 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 11 new cases in Sandoval County
- 37 new cases in San Juan County
- 4 new cases in San Miguel County
- 18 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 1 new case in Sierra County
- 1 new case in Torrance County
- 5 new cases in Valencia County
- 4 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
New fatalities
- A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Sandia Ridge Center in Albuquerque
- A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County
- A female in her 50s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A male in his 70s from Eddy County who was hospitalized
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:
- Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- The Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Alamogordo
- Aztec Healthcare in Aztec
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
- BeeHive Homes Clovis
- BeeHive Homes Portales
- Casa de Oro in Las Cruces
- Desert Peaks Assisting Living and Memory Care in Las Cruces
- Genesis Healthcare Uptown in Albuquerque
- Genesis Rio Rancho Center
- Genesis Silver City Care Center in Silver City
- Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces
- Homes with a Heart Assisted Living - Raven House in Albuquerque
- Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
- The Meadows Home at the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas
- New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences
- Princeton Place in Albuquerque
- The Rehabilitation Center of Albuquerque
- Retirement Ranches in Clovis
- Sierra Health Care Center in Truth or Consequences
- Sunset Vista Senior Living Center in Silver City
- The Village at Alameda in Albuquerque
- Vista Hermosa in Santa Fe
- Welbrook Senior Living in Las Cruces
Statewide cases
According to a health department news release, previously reported numbers included one case in Bernalillo County that was not lab confirmed, and one in Bernalillo County that has been determined to be an out-of-state resident. These have been corrected. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
- Bernalillo County: 58,178
- Catron County: 94
- Chaves County: 8,993
- Cibola County: 2,889
- Colfax County: 771
- Curry County: 5,244
- De Baca County: 170
- Doña Ana County: 24,792
- Eddy County: 6,862
- Grant County: 1,717
- Guadalupe County: 415
- Harding County: 11
- Hidalgo County: 363
- Lea County: 8,308
- Lincoln County: 1,728
- Los Alamos County: 529
- Luna County: 3,354
- McKinley County: 12,326
- Mora County: 171
- Otero County: 3,988
- Quay County: 517
- Rio Arriba County: 3,623
- Roosevelt County: 1,992
- Sandoval County: 12,047
- San Juan County: 15,283
- San Miguel County: 1,359
- Santa Fe County: 10,414
- Sierra County: 776
- Socorro County: 1,318
- Taos County: 1,677
- Torrance County: 797
- Union County: 250
- Valencia County: 6,775
Cases among people being held by federal agencies
- Cibola County Correctional Center: 445
- Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 446
- Otero County Processing Center: 217
- 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: 298
- Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 252
- Lea County Correctional Facility: 762
- Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 167
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 128
- Otero County Prison Facility: 473
- Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 218
- Roswell Correctional Center: 229
- 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.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of the subheading gave the wrong number of new cases in Santa Fe County and has been corrected.
