New Mexico health officials today reported 352 new positive tests for COVID-19, bringing the statewide total so far to 20,136. Of those cases, the health department has designated 7,817 as recovered.
Cases continue to mount at Cibola County Correctional Center, where 76 more people being held in federal custody tested positive. That brings the total number of cases at that private-prison facility—which houses people for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Marshals Service—to 266.
At the county level, Bernalillo County had 87 new cases, more than twice as many as the next highest county, Doña Ana County, which had 38 new cases.
Santa Fe County had 11 new cases and has now had 535 cases, of which the health department has designated 212 as recovered.
The state also announced six new deaths from Bernalillo, Chaves, McKinley and Rio Arriba counties. There have been 632 fatalities.
As of today, 158 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
New cases
- 87 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 14 new cases in Chaves County
- 11 new cases in Cibola County
- 16 new cases in Curry County
- 38 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 3 new cases in Eddy County
- 10 new cases in Lea County
- 9 new cases in Lincoln County
- 3 new cases in Luna County
- 8 new cases in McKinley County
- 2 new cases in Otero County
- 4 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 9 new cases in Roosevelt County
- 17 new cases in Sandoval County
- 18 new cases in San Juan County
- 11 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 1 new case in Sierra County
- 2 new cases in Taos County
- 1 new case in Torrance County
- 9 new cases in Valencia County
- 76 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center
- 1 new case among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility
- 2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County
New fatalities
- A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County who was a resident of Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
- A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
- A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of Avamere Rehabilitation at Fiesta Park in Albuquerque
- A female in her 60s from Chaves County
- A male in his 50s from McKinley County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of Bonney Family Home in Gallup
- A male in his 60s from Rio Arriba 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
- Advanced Health Care of Albuquerque in Albuquerque
- The Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Alamogordo
- Avamere Rehab at Fiesta Park in Albuquerque
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center 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 Contenta Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
- Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
- Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces
- Casa Real in Santa Fe
- Cedar Ridge Inn in Farmington
- Clayton Nursing and Rehab in Clayton
- Crane’s Roost Care Home in Aztec
- Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
- El Castillo in Santa Fe
- GoodLife Senior Living in Carlsbad
- Good Samaritan Society in Las Cruces
- Life Care Center of Farmington in Farmington
- Montebello on Academy in Albuquerque
- The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho
- New Mexico State Veterans’ Home in Truth or Consequences
- North Ridge Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Albuquerque
- Princeton Place in Albuquerque
- Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
- Retirement Ranches, Inc. in Clovis
- Retreat Healthcare in Rio Rancho
- 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
- Sierra Springs Assisted Living in Los Lunas
- Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
- Sunset Villa Care Center in Roswell
- Taos Living Center in Taos
- Welbrook Senior Living Las Cruces in Las Cruces
- White Sands Healthcare in Hobbs
Statewide cases
According to a state news release, previously reported numbers included two cases in Bernalillo County that have been identified as duplicates; five cases that have been identified as out-of-state residents (three in Chaves County, two in Doña Ana County); and three cases that were reported as being among people held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center that have since been identified as Cibola County residents. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
- Bernalillo County: 4,627
- Catron County: 4
- Chaves County: 300
- Cibola County: 306
- Colfax County: 13
- Curry County: 426
- Doña Ana County: 2,118
- Eddy County: 236
- Grant County: 65
- Guadalupe County: 31
- Harding County: 1
- Hidalgo County: 85
- Lea County: 581
- Lincoln County: 88
- Los Alamos County: 17
- Luna County: 218
- McKinley County: 3,942
- Mora County: 6
- Otero County: 176
- Quay County: 31
- Rio Arriba County: 285
- Roosevelt County: 131
- Sandoval County: 1,049
- San Juan County: 2,964
- San Miguel County: 40
- Santa Fe County: 535
- Sierra County: 28
- Socorro County: 71
- Taos County: 89
- Torrance County: 59
- Union County: 24
- Valencia County: 342
Cases among people being held by federal agencies
- Cibola County Correctional Center: 266
- Otero County Prison Facility: 278
- Otero County Processing Center: 159
- Torrance County Detention Facility: 43
Cases among people being held by the Mexico Department of Corrections
- Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 25
- Lea County Correctional Facility: 2
- Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 1
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 1
- Otero County Prison Facility: 469
- Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 1
- Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 3
*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.
