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Lea County adds 1, Eddy County adds 4 new COVID-19 cases

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The state announced on Wednesday Lea County added one new case.

The total brings the county to 34 cases since the coronavirus began being tracked by the N.M. Department of Health.

In nearby Eddy County, with four new cases on Wednesday,  it now has 42 cases. To the north of Lea County, Roosevelt county has 46 cases and Curry has 68. Northwest of Lea County, Chaves County has 50 cases.

In Lea County, there has been tests on 3,240 people with 34 testing positive for COVID-19. Of those positive tests, 21 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 9 were for the 88260 or Lovington zip code, one case for the 88242 or north Hobbs zip code and one case for the 88252 or Jal zip code. Two cases have not been assigned a location in Lea County.

In prior announcements, the state indicated two of the 34 cases had recovered but has not since indicated what is the status for the remaining cases and is not releasing data by county. But as of today, there are 3,806 COVID-19 cases statewide designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.

Statewide, 9,250 people have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 245,552 people tested.

New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 147 additional cases of COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

The Department of Health on Wednesday also reported six additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19. Those cases are:

The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 410.

Previously reported numbers included one case in Bernalillo County that has been identified as a duplicate and one case in Doña Ana County that has been determined to be an out-of-state resident – these have now been corrected. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 9,250 COVID-19 cases:

Bernalillo County: 1,623

Catron County: 2

Chaves County: 50

Cibola County: 170

Colfax County: 6

Curry County: 68

Doña Ana County: 615

Eddy County: 42

Grant County: 15

Guadalupe County: 20

Harding County: 1

Hidalgo County: 1

Lea County: 34

Lincoln County: 5

Los Alamos County: 6

Luna County: 12

McKinley County: 2,807

Otero County: 28

Quay County: 4

Rio Arriba County: 59

Roosevelt County: 46

Sandoval County: 604

San Juan County: 2,034

San Miguel County: 16

Santa Fe County: 160

Sierra County: 3

Socorro County: 55

Taos County: 31

Torrance County: 35

Union County: 5

Valencia County: 84

The Department of Health currently reports the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the following facilities:

The Department of Health currently reports the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by the New Mexico Corrections Department at the following facilities:

As of today, there are 197 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.

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 long-term care and acute care facilities:

The Department of Health has detected community spread in the state of New Mexico and is investigating cases with no known exposure. The agency reports that given the infectious nature of the virus it is likely other residents are infected but yet to be tested or confirmed positive. To that end, all New Mexicans have been instructed to stay home except for outings absolutely necessary for health, safety and welfare.

The New Mexico Department of Health has active investigations into the positive patients, which includes contact-tracing and swabs of symptomatic individuals who have had contact with the positive cases.

New Mexicans who report symptoms of COVID-19 infection, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and/or loss of taste or smell should call their health care provider or the NMDOH COVID-19 hotline immediately (1-855-600-3453).

Thanks to increased statewide testing capacity, the following people may now be considered for COVID-19 testing:

New Mexicans who have non-health-related questions or concerns can also call 833-551-0518 or visit newmexico.gov, which is being updated regularly as a one-stop source for information for families, workers and others affected by and seeking more information about COVID-19.

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