Twenty-nine additional COVID-19 deaths, 7-Day positivity rate 10.0%
Friday, December 24, Saturday, December 25, Sunday, December 26, and Monday, December 27
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 3,039 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
● 960 new cases in Bernalillo County
● 2 new cases in Catron County
● 170 new cases in Chaves County
● 35 new cases in Cibola County
● 8 new cases in Colfax County
● 246 new cases in Curry County
● 1 new case in De Baca County
● 277 new cases in Doña Ana County
● 69 new cases in Eddy County
● 48 new cases in Grant County
● 4 new cases in Guadalupe County
● 12 new cases in Hidalgo County
● 58 new cases in Lea County
● 25 new cases in Lincoln County
● 8 new cases in Los Alamos County
● 24 new cases in Luna County
● 59 new cases in McKinley County
● 2 new cases in Mora County
● 121 new cases in Otero County
● 15 new cases in Quay County
● 58 new cases in Rio Arriba County
● 21 new cases in Roosevelt County
● 221 new cases in Sandoval County
● 98 new cases in San Juan County
● 29 new cases in San Miguel County
● 248 new cases in Santa Fe County
● 9 new cases in Sierra County
● 22 new cases in Socorro County
● 34 new cases in Taos County
● 20 new cases in Torrance County
● 14 new cases in Union County
● 113 new cases in Valencia County
● 3 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
● 2 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
● 3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County
The Department of Health on Monday reported twenty-nine additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:
Seventeen recent deaths:
· A male in his 30s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A female in her 40s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
· A second female in her 40s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 40s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
· A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A female in her 70s from Chaves County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 60s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized.
· A male in his 50s from Eddy County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 60s from Eddy County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 80s from Grant County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 70s from Otero County. The individual was hospitalized.
· A male in his 50s from Santa Fe County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
· A male in his 60s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized.
· A female in her 80s from Valencia County. The individual had underlying conditions.
Twelve* deaths > 30 days:
● A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A male in his 90s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 50s from Otero County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A male in his 60s from Otero County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A male in his 70s from Rio Arriba County.
● A second male in his 70s from Rio Arriba County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A male in his 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A second male in his 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A female in her 70s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 70s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized.
● A second male in his 70s from Valencia County. The individual had underlying conditions.
● A male in his 80s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a resident of the Avamere at Fiesta Park facility in Albuquerque.
The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 5,774.
*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 Monday, Dec. 27 are:
· 88101 – 209
· 87114 – 117
· 87124 – 98
· 87120 – 89
· 87121 – 86
· 88201 – 84
· 87144 – 76
· 87507 – 74
· 88203 – 72
· 87105 – 70
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 345,663 COVID-19 cases:
· Bernalillo County: 97,176
· Catron County: 284
· Chaves County: 15,183
· Cibola County: 4,411
· Colfax County: 1,705
· Curry County: 8,900
· De Baca County: 392
· Doña Ana County: 40,299
· Eddy County: 12,500
· Grant County: 4,226
· Guadalupe County: 700
· Harding County: 56
· Hidalgo County: 689
· Lea County: 14,666
· Lincoln County: 3,686
· Los Alamos County: 1,011
· Luna County: 4,867
· McKinley County: 17,439
· Mora County: 462
· Otero County: 9,083
· Quay County: 1,566
· Rio Arriba County: 6,259
· Roosevelt County: 3,469
· Sandoval County: 20,882
· San Juan County: 28,225
· San Miguel County: 3,376
· Santa Fe County: 16,611
· Sierra County: 1,477
· Socorro County: 2,519
· Taos County: 3,234
· Torrance County: 1,876
· Union County: 522
· Valencia County: 12,541
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: 455
● Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 584
● Otero County Processing Center: 648
● Torrance County Detention Facility: 356
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: 389
● 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: 238
● Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 245
● Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 82
As of today, there are 456 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 300,819 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:
● Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Artesia
● Aspen Ridge Lodge Retirement in Los Alamos
● Atria Vista Del Rio in Albuquerque
● Avamere at Fiesta Park in Albuquerque
● Avamere in Rio Rancho
● Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
● BeeHive Homes Alamogordo
● BeeHive Homes Bosque Farms
● BeeHive Homes Edgewood facility
● Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen
● Bloomfield Nursing and Rehab Center in Bloomfield
● Blue Horizon Assisted Living In Las Cruces
● Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center in Alamogordo
● Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
● Casa Real Genesis in Santa Fe
● Casa Sandia in Albuquerque
● Desert Peaks Assisting Living and Memory Care in Las Cruces
● Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara
● Genesis Healthcare Uptown in Albuquerque
● Good Life Senior Living and Memory Care in Los Lunas
● Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare in Alamogordo
● Good Samaritan Society – Manzano del Sol Village in Albuquerque
● Haciendas of Grace Village in Las Cruces
● Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
● 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
● Mission Arch Center in Roswell
● New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences
● Odelia Healthcare (Camino Healthcare) in Albuquerque
● Princeton Place in Albuquerque
● The Rehabilitation Center of Albuquerque
● The Retreat Healthcare in Rio Rancho
● The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
● Sandia View Bosque Trails Assisted Living in Albuquerque
● Sandia View Cottonwood Assisted Living in Albuquerque
● Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
● South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque
● St. Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
● 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
● Vida Encantada Nursing & Rehabilitation in Las Vegas
● The Village at Alameda in Albuquerque
● Village at Northrise – Morningside in Las Cruces
● The Watermark at Cherry Hills in Albuquerque
● The Woodmark at Uptown in Albuquerque
● Wheatfields Senior Living Community in Clovis
● White Sands Healthcare in Hobbs
***This reported data is a total of Friday 12/24, Saturday 12/25, Sunday 12/26, & Monday 12/27***
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.
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NMDOH
Katy Diffendorfer, Health Equity Communications Manager| Katy.Diffendorfer@state.nm.us
The Department of Health works to promote health and wellness, improve health outcomes, and deliver services to all New Mexicans. As New Mexico’s largest state agency, DOH offers public health services in all 33 counties and collaborates with 23 Native American tribes, Pueblos and nations.