New Mexico health officials today reported 69 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total thus far to 24,535.
Bernalillo County had the most new cases: 14, followed by San Juan County with nine and Doña Ana and Eddy counties, each with seven. Santa Fe County had five new cases today.
Indeed, daily case counts continue to decline in New Mexico, according to the state's most recent modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, growth rates in the public health's Metro region, which includes Bernalillo County, and the Northeast region, which includes Santa Fe County, are increasing.
Additionally, the effective rate of transmission—one of the key indicators the state monitors—has risen to 1.0 statewide, still slightly below the gating criteria goal of 1.05 or less, but higher than earlier in the month when it had dropped to 0.82.
The effective rate of transmission varies by region, with increases again in the Northeast and Metro regions. In the Northeast region, the most recent report shows the effective rate of transmission at 1.3—the highest in the state—the Metro region is at 1.2.
The Northwest, which includes San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties— also has risen to 1.1. All three are at levels characterized as requiring mitigation. Effective rates of transmission in the Southwest and Southeast have both dropped to 0.6 and 0.9 respectively.
The state also announced three additional deaths today from Doña Ana and Rio Arriba counties; there have now been 750 total fatalities. New Mexico's case fatality rates have had nominal change across regions, but the statewide case fatality rate of 4.2% remains higher than the national rate of 3.1%.
As of today, 64 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
Patients who are 60+ years old continue to make up the largest percentage of hospital admissions each week. The 30-to-44 and 45-to-59-year-old age groups each represented less than 25% of admissions last week. New hospitalizations of Native American patients may be beginning to increase, while admissions of white and Hispanic or Latino patients are declining.
New cases
- 14 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 2 new cases in Chaves County
- 1 new case in Cibola County
- 5 new cases in Curry County
- 7 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 7 new cases in Eddy County
- 4 new cases in Lea County
- 6 new cases in McKinley County
- 1 new case in Otero County
- 2 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 3 new cases in Sandoval County
- 9 new cases in San Juan County
- 5 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 1 new case in Valencia County
- 2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
New fatalities
- A male in his 50s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions
- A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society facility in Las Cruces
- A female in her 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:
- Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces
- Advantage Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
- Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Artesia
- Atria Vista del Rio in Albuquerque
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
- Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen
- Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bloomfield
- Camino Healthcare in Albuquerque
- Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center in Alamogordo
- Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
- Casa de Paz Senior Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
- Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell
- Casa Real in Santa Fe
- Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
- Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces in Las Cruces
- Good Samaritan Society – Manzano del Sol Village in Albuquerque
- Good Samaritan Society Socorro in Socorro
- Harmony Residential Care in Rio Rancho
- 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
- LifeSpire Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Lovington Healthcare in Lovington
- McKinley Care Center in Gallup
- Mission Arch Center in Roswell
- 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
- Palmilla Senior Living in Albuquerque
- Princeton Place in Albuquerque
- Ravenna Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
- The Rehab Center of Albuquerque in Albuquerque
- 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
- San Juan Center in Farmington
- Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Los Alamos
- Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
- Sunset Vista Adult Residential Care in Silver City
- Tender Heart Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Welbrook Senior Living Las Cruces in Las Cruces
- West Ridge Village in Albuquerque
- Wheatfields Senior Living in Clovis
Statewide cases
According to a state news release, previously reported numbers included one case in Valencia County that has been identified as a duplicate and two cases that were not lab confirmed: one in Lea County and one in McKinley County. These have now been corrected from the county totals, which are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
- Bernalillo County: 5,633
- Catron County: 5
- Chaves County: 627
- Cibola County: 393
- Colfax County: 19
- Curry County: 645
- Doña Ana County: 2,733
- Eddy County: 433
- Grant County: 76
- Guadalupe County: 33
- Harding County: 2
- Hidalgo County: 93
- Lea County: 1,048
- Lincoln County: 164
- Los Alamos County: 24
- Luna County: 273
- McKinley County: 4,164
- Mora County: 6
- Otero County: 217
- Quay County: 60
- Rio Arriba County: 349
- Roosevelt County: 191
- Sandoval County: 1,202
- San Juan County: 3,158
- San Miguel County: 67
- Santa Fe County: 785
- Sierra County: 37
- Socorro County: 76
- Taos County: 116
- Torrance County: 63
- Union County: 31
- Valencia County: 494
Cases among people being held by federal agencies
- Cibola County Correctional Center: 324
- 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: 28
- 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.
