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Lea adds eight COVID-19 cases on Wednesday

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Lea County cumulative total added eight positive tests for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

The county now has a cumulative total of 299 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,011 tests.

Of those 299 cases, the state says 61 have been designated as totally recovered.

Of those positive tests, 179 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 66 were for the 88260 or Lovington zip code, 36 cases were for the 88242 or north Hobbs zip code, five cases for 88231 or the Eunice zip code, one case for the 88267 or Tatum zip code and six case for the 88252 or Jal zip code. Six cases have not been assigned a location in Lea County, as of this posting.

No correctional facility in Lea County has had any positive tests for COVID-19, per the state health department and there have been no deaths due to COVID-19 in Lea County.

With 299 cases, Lea County has had the most cases of any county in southeastern New Mexico. In nearby Eddy County now has 154 cases. To the north of Lea County, Roosevelt County has 83 cases and Curry has 271. Northwest of Lea County, Chaves County now has 186 cases.

As of Wednesday in New Mexico, there are 6,496 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.

The state has 15,841 positive tests out of 437,005 tests administered. There are currently 174 patients hospitalized. 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.

New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 330 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

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

The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 557.

Previously reported numbers included three cases that have been identified as duplicates (two in McKinley County, one in Santa Fe County) these have now been corrected. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 15,841 COVID-19 cases:

Bernalillo County: 3,362
Catron County: 3
Chaves County: 186
Cibola County: 256
Colfax County: 10
Curry County: 271
Doña Ana County: 1,571
Eddy County: 154
Grant County: 44
Guadalupe County: 20
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 75
Lea County: 299
Lincoln County: 29
Los Alamos County: 13
Luna County: 133
McKinley County: 3,689
Mora County: 2
Otero County: 84
Quay County: 19
Rio Arriba County: 147
Roosevelt County:83
Sandoval County: 867
San Juan County: 2,766
San Miguel County: 28
Santa Fe County: 380
Sierra County: 17
Socorro County: 65
Taos County: 61
Torrance County: 49
Union County:14
Valencia County: 206

County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.

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:

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. These additional restrictions have been enacted to aggressively minimize person-to-person contact and ensure spread is mitigated. New Mexicans are strongly urged to limit travel to only what is 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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