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Lea has 28 additional positive COVID-19 cases

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Lea County’s cumulative total added 28 positive case for COVID-19 Saturday.

The county now has a cumulative total of 506 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 9,070 tests.

Of those 506 cases, the state says 88 have been designated as totally recovered.

Of those positive tests, 276 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 142 were for the 88260 or Lovington zip code, 47 cases were for the 88242 or north Hobbs zip code, 15 cases for 88231 or the Eunice zip code, two cases for the 88267 or Tatum zip code, 9 cases for the 88252 or Jal zip code and one case for the 88265 or the Monument area zip code.

Fourteen cases have not been assigned a location in Lea County, as of this posting.

Lea County has had two official deaths due to COVID-19. The N.M. Department of Health announced a male in his 70s, who had been hospitalized with underlying conditions and a female in her 40s who had been hospitalized with underlying conditions.

Lea County has reported two positives in the Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs and two positives at the county’s juvenile detention center in Lovington.

With 506 cases, Lea County has had the most cases of any county in southeastern New Mexico. In nearby Eddy County now has 217 cases. To the north of Lea County, Roosevelt County has 108 cases and Curry has 357. Northwest of Lea County, Chaves County now has 260 cases.

As of Saturday, there are 148 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.

As of Saturday, there are 7,268 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health. The state has conducted 512,425 tests with cumulative total of 18,788 positive tests.

New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced 324 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

The Department of Health on Saturday 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 607.

Previously reported numbers included two cases that were duplicates (one case in Rio Arriba County, one case in San Juan County), four cases that were not lab confirmed (one case in Bernalillo County, one case in Doña County, one case in Lea County, one case in Valencia County) and five cases that have been identified as out-of-state residents ( one case in Bernalillo County, one case in Chaves County, one case Doña County and two cases in Grant County) – these have now been corrected. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 18,788 COVID-19 cases:

Bernalillo County: 4,318
Catron County: 4
Chaves County: 260
Cibola County: 292
Colfax County: 12
Curry County: 357
Doña Ana County: 1,968
Eddy County: 217
Grant County: 63
Guadalupe County: 28
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 85
Lea County: 506
Lincoln County: 68
Los Alamos County: 16
Luna County: 185
McKinley County: 3,896
Mora County: 6
Otero County: 142
Quay County: 30
Rio Arriba County: 271
Roosevelt County: 108
Sandoval County: 994
San Juan County: 2,910
San Miguel County: 37
Santa Fe County: 482
Sierra County: 25
Socorro County: 68
Taos County: 83
Torrance County: 52
Union County: 21
Valencia County: 302

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).

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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