New Mexico COVID-19 Cases: 8,940

Over the weekend, New Mexico health officials announced 272 new positive COVID-19 test results—129 on Saturday and 143 on Sunday—bringing the total number of cases here thus far to 8,940.

As of today, 177 people are hospitalized and the health department has designated 3,307 COVID-19 cases as recovered.*

McKinley and San Juan counties continue to have the highest number of cases, with 77 and 73, respectively, combined over the weekend. Doña Ana County had 38 new cases over the weekend; Bernalillo County had 32.

Santa Fe County now has six new cases: one on Saturday and five today.

The state also reported nine new deaths: five on Saturday and four on Sunday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 396. Five of the deaths took place in McKinley County, three in San Juan County and one in Bernalillo County.

SATURDAY

New cases

• 15 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 7 new cases in Cibola County
• 23 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 1 new case in Eddy County
• 40 new cases in McKinley County
• 6 new cases in Sandoval County
• 29 new cases in San Juan County
• 1 new case in Santa Fe County
• 1 new case in Socorro County
• 1 new case in Torrance County
• 5 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility

New fatalities

• A female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A second female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A third female in her 60s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 50s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.

SUNDAY

New cases

• 17 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 7 new cases in Cibola County
• 15 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 5 new case in Eddy County
• 1 new case in Luna County
• 37 new cases in McKinley County
• 1 new case in Otero County
• 11 new cases in Sandoval County
• 44 new cases in San Juan County
• 5 new cases in Santa Fe County

New fatalities

• A male in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of Central Desert Behavioral Health in Albuquerque.
• A male in his 80s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A male in his 80s from San Juan County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of Beehive Homes in Farmington.
• A male in his 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.

Congregate 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 facilities:

• Advanced Health Care of Albuquerque in Albuquerque
• Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• Avamere Rehab at Fiesta Park in Albuquerque
• Aztec Health Care in Aztec
• Bear Canyon Nursing and Rehab Center in Albuquerque
• Beehive Homes in Farmington
• Belen Meadows in Belen
• Bonney Family Home in Gallup
• Brookdale Tramway Ridge in Albuquerque
• Camino Healthcare in Albuquerque
• Camino Retirement Apartments in Albuquerque
• Casa De Oro Center in Las Cruces
• Casa Del Sol Center in Las Cruces
• Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell
• Cedar Ridge Inn in Farmington
• Central Desert Behavioral Health in Albuquerque
• Clayton Nursing and Rehab in Clayton
• Dungarvin New Mexico, LLC in Gallup
• Genesis Uptown Rehabilitation Center
• Good Samaritan Society in Grants
• Heartland Continuing Care Center in Portales
• The Jim Wood Home in Hatch
• Laguna Rainbow Elderly Care in Casa Blanca
• La Vida Llena in Albuquerque
• Legacy Santa Fe in Santa Fe
• Life Care Center of Farmington in Farmington
• Little Sisters of the Poor in Gallup
• McKinley Care Center in Gallup
• Mission Arch Center in Roswell
• MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Santa Fe in Santa Fe
• Pacifica Senior Living Center Santa Fe in Santa Fe
• Prime Care Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
• Retirement Ranches, Inc. in Clovis
• Robin House Assisted Living Center in Albuquerque
• San Juan Center in Farmington
• South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque
• Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
• Sundance Care Home in Gallup
• Tohatchi Area Opportunity Services (TAOS) in Tohatchi
• The Village at Alameda in Albuquerque
• The Village at Northrise in Las Cruces
• Wellbrook Transitional Rehabilitation Center in Farmington

Statewide cases

News releases over the weekend included the following corrections to statewide total case numbers.

Saturday: Previously reported numbers included one case in Santa Fe County that was not lab confirmed and two cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility that have been identified as duplicates and corrected. Previously reported numbers did not include two cases that were previously identified as not being lab confirmed but have since been determined to be lab confirmed and corrected:one in Bernalillo County; one in San Juan County.

Sunday: Previously reported numbers included two cases in Doña Ana County that have been determined to be out-of-state residents, and another in Doña Ana County that was determined to be a Bernalillo County resident. One previously reported case in San Juan County was determined to be a duplicate and has been removed. One case previously reported as a Bernalillo County resident has been correctly identified as a Sandoval County resident. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.

Bernalillo County: 1,592
Catron County: 2
Chaves County: 49
Cibola County: 166
Colfax County: 5
Curry County: 62
Doña Ana County: 570
Eddy County: 35
Grant County: 15
Guadalupe County: 20
Harding County: 1
Hidalgo County: 1
Lea County: 29
Lincoln County: 5
Los Alamos County: 6
Luna County: 12
McKinley County: 2,694
Otero County: 26
Quay County: 5
Rio Arriba County: 54
Roosevelt County: 42
Sandoval County: 597
San Juan County: 1,966
San Miguel County: 15
Santa Fe County: 155
Sierra County: 1
Socorro County: 55
Taos County: 31
Torrance County: 35
Union County: 5
Valencia County: 81

Cases among people being held by federal agencies

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 2
• Otero County Prison Facility: 275
• Otero County Processing Center: 92
• Torrance County Detention Facility: 18

Cases among people being held by the Mexico Department of Corrections

• Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 1
• Otero County Prison Facility: 219
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 1

*Per the health department, hospitalization figures include people who were tested elsewhere but are hospitalized in New Mexico, but don't include people who were tested here but are hospitalized out of state.