The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic appears to be cycling down in Lea County — again. That was the word from Nor-Lea Hospital District CEO/Administrator David Shaw during an online update broadcast on social media Friday morning. While the daily case count in Lea County has declined slightly to about 40 per 100,000 residents, positivity rate still remains relatively high at 11 …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic appears to be cycling down in Lea County — again. That was the word from Nor-Lea Hospital District CEO/Administrator David Shaw during an online update broadcast on social media Friday morning. While the daily case count in Lea County has declined slightly to about 40 per 100,000 residents, positivity rate still remains relatively high at 11 …

A flood of COVID patients in Lea County is stretching local hospitals to the breaking point. “The scenario we’re facing is a disaster,” said Dan Springer, CEO of Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital. “We have done everything possible to accommodate patients. We’re just completely overwhelmed.” As of midday Tuesday, Covenant Hobbs was “beyond capacity,” Springer told the News-Sun, with 19 patients …

Two more people from Lea County have died with COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health. With the two deaths, Lea County’s total deaths is at 26 in COVID-19 related deaths, according to the health department. On Friday, the department reported the deaths were a male in his 60’s from Lea County, who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions, and …

Lea County has passed the 10,000 COVID-19 test mark as of Wednesday. Lea cumulative total added 10 positive case for COVID-19 Wednesday and 25 cases on Tuesday. With those, the county now has a cumulative total of 581 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 10,007 tests. Of those 581 cases, the state says 127 have been designated …

Lea County’s cumulative total added 20 positive case for COVID-19 Wednesday. The county now has a cumulative total of 431 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 8,192 tests. Of those 431 cases, the state says 78 have been designated as totally recovered. Of those positive tests, 240 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 114 were …