Thirty-six additional COVID-19 deaths, 7-Day positivity rate 20.6%
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Wednesday announced 2,514 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
● 923 new cases in Bernalillo County
● 1 new case in Catron County
● 36 new cases in Chaves County
● 40 new cases in Cibola County
● 8 new cases in Colfax County
● 55 new cases in Curry County
● 2 new cases in De Baca County
● 146 new cases in Doña Ana County
● 79 new cases in Eddy County
● 64 new cases in Grant County
● 7 new cases in Guadalupe County
● 1 new case in Harding County
● 7 new cases in Hidalgo County
● 150 new cases in Lea County
● 21 new cases in Lincoln County
● 3 new cases in Los Alamos County
● 12 new cases in Luna County
● 174 new cases in McKinley County
● 1 new case in Mora County
● 48 new cases in Otero County
● 6 new cases in Quay County
● 15 new cases in Rio Arriba County
● 46 new cases in Roosevelt County
● 182 new cases in Sandoval County
● 160 new cases in San Juan County
● 39 new cases in San Miguel County
● 137 new cases in Santa Fe County
● 12 new cases in Sierra County
● 37 new cases in Socorro County
● 15 new cases in Taos County
● 14 new cases in Torrance County
● 14 new cases in Union County
● 59 new cases in Valencia County
The Department of Health on Wednesday reported thirty-six additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:
Twenty-four recent deaths:
• A male in his 40s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
• A second male in his 50s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
• A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A second female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A third female in her 80s from Bernalillo County.
• A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 60s from Chaves County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 70s from Chaves County. The individual was hospitalized.
• A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 80s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 90s from Doña Ana County. The individual had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 60s from Eddy County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 50s from Otero County. The individual was hospitalized.
• A female in her 80s from Rio Arriba County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 20s from Sandoval County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 40s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 60s from San Miguel County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 80s from San Miguel County. The individual had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 60s from Sierra County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 60s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 40s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized.
• A male in his 80s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
Twelve* deaths > 30 days:
● A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A female in her 50s from Eddy County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A male in his 30s from Grant County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A female in her 90s from Lincoln County. The individual had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 20s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A female in her 90s from Rio Arriba County.
● A male in his 90s from Rio Arriba County. The individual had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 80s from Roosevelt County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A female in her 60s from San Juan County. The individual had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 70s from San Miguel County. The individual had underlying conditions.
The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 5,933.
*COVID related deaths are reported when a death certificate has been issued and some death certificates are delayed due to insufficient information.
The ten ZIP codes across the state with the most COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, Jan. 5 are:
• 87121 – 133
• 87120 – 120
• 87114 – 88
• 88240 – 76
• 87105 – 72
• 87401 – 66
• 87124 – 63
• 87301 – 61
• 87111 – 59
• 88220 – 57
Daily case counts and test numbers are raw data based on information the state receives today – meaning data that has not yet been scrutinized to identify potential duplicates or late-arriving positives or negatives. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 361,629 COVID-19 cases:
• Bernalillo County: 102,607
• Catron County: 301
• Chaves County: 15,776
• Cibola County: 4,548
• Colfax County: 1,778
• Curry County: 9,246
• De Baca County: 419
• Doña Ana County: 42,068
• Eddy County: 12,846
• Grant County: 4,581
• Guadalupe County: 718
• Harding County: 59
• Hidalgo County: 735
• Lea County: 15,324
• Lincoln County: 3,824
• Los Alamos County: 1,138
• Luna County: 4,989
• McKinley County: 17,952
• Mora County: 497
• Otero County: 9,392
• Quay County: 1,605
• Rio Arriba County: 6,539
• Roosevelt County: 3,630
• Sandoval County: 21,980
• San Juan County: 28,958
• San Miguel County: 3,586
• Santa Fe County: 17,846
• Sierra County: 1,530
• Socorro County: 2,643
• Taos County: 3,398
• Torrance County: 1,985
• Union County: 559
• Valencia County: 13,139
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:
● Cibola County Correctional Center: 459
● Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 586
● Otero County Processing Center: 689
● Torrance County Detention Facility: 364
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:
● Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 391
● Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 258
● Lea County Correctional Facility: 765
● Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 214
● Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 131
● Otero County Prison Facility: 543
● Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 233
● Roswell Correctional Center: 230
● Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 240
● Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 245
● Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 85
As of today, there are 497 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 today, there are 313,274 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.
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 facilities:
● Advanced Health Care in Albuquerque
● Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
● Amaran Assisted Living in Albuquerque
● American Heritage Home in Albuquerque
● Aspen Ridge Lodge Retirement in Los Alamos
● Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Artesia
● Atria Vista Del Rio in Albuquerque
● Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
● BeeHive Homes Alamogordo
● BeeHive Homes in Clovis
● BeeHive Homes Edgewood facility
● BeeHive Homes in Roswell
● BeeHive Homes San Pedro in Albuquerque
● Blue Horizon Assisted Living In Las Cruces
● The Bridge of Farmington in Farmington
● Brookdale Valencia in Albuquerque
● Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center in Alamogordo
● Casa de Carino in Albuquerque
● Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
● Casa de Oro in Las Cruces
● Casa de Palomas in Albuquerque
● Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell
● Clayton Nursing and Rehabilitation in Clayton
● Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
● Desert Peaks Assisting Living and Memory Care in Las Cruces
● Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara
● Genesis Healthcare Uptown in Albuquerque
● Genesis McKinley Care Center in Gallup
● Genesis San Juan Center in Farmington
● Good Life Senior Living and Memory Care in Artesia
● Good Life Senior Living in Carlsbad
● Good Life Senior Living and Memory Care in Los Lunas
● Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces
● Good Samaritan Society – Manzano del Sol Village in Albuquerque
● Haciendas of Grace Village in Las Cruces
● Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
● Las Cruces Post Acute and Rehabilitation Center of Cascadia (Welbrook Senior Living) in Las Cruces
● Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
● Life Care Farmington
● Little Sisters of the Poor in Gallup
● The Meadows Home at the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas
● Mimbres Memorial Nursing Home in Deming
● Mission Arch Center in Roswell
● The Montebello on Academy in Albuquerque
● Odelia Healthcare (Camino Healthcare) in Albuquerque
● Princeton Place in Albuquerque
● Retirement Ranches in Clovis
● The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
● Genesis Rio Rancho Center
● Sandia View Cottonwood Assisted Living in Albuquerque
● Santa Clara Assisted Living in Santa Clara
● Sombrillo Nursing Home in Los Alamos
● Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
● Sugar Hollow Assisted Living Community in Albuquerque
● The Suites at Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
● Sunset Villa Care Center in Roswell
● Sunshine Assisted Living in Tucumcari
● The Village at Alameda in Albuquerque
● Village at Northrise – Morningside in Las Cruces
● The Woodmark at Uptown in Albuquerque
● White Sands Healthcare in Hobbs
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.
Every New Mexican must work together to stem the spread of COVID-19. Wear a mask when in public and around others. If you are sick, stay home as much as possible.
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, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, 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 Department of Health strongly encourages the following groups to get tested:
● Symptomatic people displaying the COVID-19 symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, and/or loss of taste or smell;
● Asymptomatic people who are close contacts or household members of people in their infectious period who have already tested positive for the coronavirus;
● Asymptomatic people who live or work in congregate settings such as long-term care facilities and group homes;
● Patients who are scheduled for surgery and whose provider has advised them to get tested before the procedure.
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.
