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Lea adds 10 COVID-19 cases on Saturday

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Lea County cumulative total added 10 positive tests for COVID-19 on Saturday.

The county now has a cumulative total of 343 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,692 tests.

There have been no deaths due to COVID-19 in Lea County. Nor-Lea reported on Thursday it had no patients in its hospital who are positive for COVID-19.

Of those 343 cases, the state says 70 have been designated as totally recovered.

Of those positive tests, 199 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 84 were for the 88260 or Lovington zip code, 37 cases were for the 88242 or north Hobbs zip code, seven cases for 88231 or the Eunice zip code, one case for the 88267 or Tatum zip code, nine cases for the 88252 or Jal zip code and one case for the 88265 or the Monument area zip code.

Five 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.

With 343 cases, Lea County has had the most cases of any county in southeastern New Mexico. In nearby Eddy County now has 173 cases. To the north of Lea County, Roosevelt County has 86 cases and Curry has 301. Northwest of Lea County, Chaves County now has 197 cases.

As of Saturday in New Mexico, there are 6,736 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.

The state has 16,736 positive tests out of 460,664 tests administered.

There are currently 160 patients hospitalized statewide. 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 Saturday announced 280 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

The Department of Health on Saturday reported four 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 569.

Previously reported numbers included one case in Curry County that was not lab confirmed – this has now been corrected. Previously reported numbers did not include one case that was thought to be an out-0f-state resident that has since been determined to be a New Mexico resident and has been added to San Juan County. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 16,736 COVID-19 cases:

Bernalillo County: 3,679

Catron County: 4

Chaves County: 197

Cibola County: 259

Colfax County: 11

Curry County: 301

Doña Ana County: 1,688

Eddy County: 173

Grant County: 47

Guadalupe County: 24

Harding County: 1

Hidalgo County: 78

Lea County: 343

Lincoln County: 34

Los Alamos County: 14

Luna County: 144

McKinley County: 3,743

Mora County: 3

Otero County: 100

Quay County: 22

Rio Arriba County: 195

Roosevelt County: 86

Sandoval County: 905

San Juan County: 2,829

San Miguel County: 31

Santa Fe County: 407

Sierra County: 19

Socorro County: 64

Taos County: 69

Torrance County: 50

Union County: 14

Valencia County: 247

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:

As of today, there are 160 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. 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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