New Mexico health officials today reported 175 additional positive tests for COVID-19, bringing the statewide total thus far to 23,160. The health department has now designated 10,182 of those cases as recovered.
Today's new cases—two fewer than yesterday—brings the state closer to a new gating target of 168 for daily cases on a seven-day rolling average. As reported yesterday during a weekly COVID-19 news briefing, New Mexico is now meeting seven out of eight of its public health gating criteria.
Bernalillo and Doña Ana counties led with new cases: 40 and 30, respectively. McKinley County had 17 new cases. In Santa Fe County, there were nine new ones.
The state also announced six additional deaths; there have now been 703 fatalities.
As of today, 125 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
New cases
- 40 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Catron County
- 14 new cases in Chaves County
- 3 new cases in Cibola County
- 8 new cases in Curry County
- 30 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 3 new cases in Eddy County
- 14 new cases in Lea County
- 6 new cases in Lincoln County
- 1 new case in Luna County
- 17 new cases in McKinley County
- 3 new cases in Quay County
- 1 new case in Roosevelt County
- 3 new cases in Sandoval County
- 12 new cases in San Juan County
- 5 new cases in San Miguel County
- 9 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 2 new cases in Taos County
- 3 new cases in Valencia County
New fatalities
- A male in his 90s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society facility in Las Cruces.
- A male in his 50s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
- A male in his 70s from McKinley County who had underlying conditions.
- A female in her 70s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
- A male in his 30s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
- A female in her 70s from San Juan 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:
- Advantage Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
- Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
- BeeHive Homes of Farmington in Farmington
- Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen
- Bonney Family Home in Gallup
- Brookdale Santa Fe in Santa Fe
- Camino Healthcare in Albuquerque
- Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center in Alamogordo
- Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces
- Casa de Sunview in Albuquerque
- Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell
- Casa Real in Santa Fe
- Clayton Nursing and Rehabilitation in Clayton
- Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
- Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara
- GoodLife Senior Living in Carlsbad
- Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces in Las Cruces
- Good Samaritan Society Socorro in Socorro
- Heartfelt Manor in Roswell
- Ladera Center in Albuquerque
- Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
- Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
- Life Care Center of Farmington in Farmington
- Life Spire Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Little Sisters of the Poor in Gallup
- Lovington Healthcare in Lovington
- McKinley Care Center in Gallup
- The Meadows Home at the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas
- Mission Arch Center in Roswell
- Montebello on Academy in Albuquerque
- MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care in Rio Rancho
- 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
- Ravenna Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
- Retirement Ranches in Clovis
- The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
- Rio Rancho Center in Rio Rancho
- Saint Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
- 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 Hills Assisted Living in Truth or Consequences
- Sierra Springs Assisted Living in Los Lunas
- Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
- Tender Heart Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Welbrook Senior Living Las Cruces in Las Cruces
- Wheatfields Senior Living in Clovis
- White Sands Healthcare in Hobbs
- The Woodmark at Uptown in Albuquerque
Statewide cases
According to a state news release, previously reported numbers included two cases that have been identified as duplicates: one in Bernalillo County and one in Eddy County, which have been corrected on the statewide total case count. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
- Bernalillo County: 5,303
- Catron County: 6
- Chaves County: 518
- Cibola County: 377
- Colfax County: 18
- Curry County: 583
- Doña Ana County: 2,602
- Eddy County: 352
- Grant County: 72
- Guadalupe County: 32
- Harding County: 1
- Hidalgo County: 90
- Lea County: 890
- Lincoln County: 150
- Los Alamos County: 24
- Luna County: 256
- McKinley County: 4,104
- Mora County: 6
- Otero County: 204
- Quay County: 44
- Rio Arriba County: 323
- Roosevelt County: 170
- Sandoval County: 1,152
- San Juan County: 3,084
- San Miguel County: 51
- Santa Fe County: 681
- Sierra County: 32
- Socorro County: 75
- Taos County: 114
- Torrance County: 62
- Union County: 30
- Valencia County: 449
Cases among people being held by federal agencies
- Cibola County Correctional Center: 314
- Otero County Prison Facility: 280
- Otero County Processing Center: 159
- Torrance County Detention Facility: 44
Cases among people being held by the New Mexico Department of Corrections
- Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 25
- Lea County Correctional Facility: 4
- Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 1
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 1
- Otero County Prison Facility: 472
- Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 1
- Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 4
*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.
