NM Reports 200 New COVID-19 Cases, Three Deaths

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today added Colorado, Oregon and Rhode Island to the list of high-risk states for visitors. Per an executive order, anyone arriving from states designated as high-risk must quarantine for a period of 14 days or for the duration of their stay in the state of New Mexico, whichever is shorter.

High-risk is characterized as having a 5% positivity rate or greater over a 7-day rolling average, or a positive test rate greater than 80 per 1 million residents.

Visitors from such states (the complete list is here and is updated weekly) must physically separate from others in a residence or place of lodging for at least 14 days. Anyone with documentation of a negative COVID-19 test taken within the 72 hours before or after entering New Mexico is exempt from quarantine.

Michigan and Hawaii moved from high-risk to low-risk today, according to the rolling positivity and test rates of those states.

Here in New Mexico, health officials today reported 200 new positive test results for COVID-19, bringing the statewide total thus far to 27,987. The health department has designated 15,669 of those cases as recovered.

Today's higher case count follows health officials' discussion yesterday of the rising rate of infection across the state.  The current rate statewide is 1.11; the target is 1.05 or less.

Doña Ana County led with 33 new cases today, followed by Bernalillo County with 28 and Chaves and Eddy counties each with 22. The New Mexico Corrections Department reported 11 new cases at the Lea County Correctional Facility. Santa Fe County had one new case today. However, cases have been rising across all the state's public health regions over the last two weeks.

The state also announced three additional deaths from Doña Ana, Lea and McKinley counties; there have now been 857 fatalities.

The Public Education Department today reported six new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours at public schools in Bernalillo, Chaves, Doña Ana and Sandoval counties involving four staff members and two students.

As of today, 72 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*

New cases

• 28 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 22 new cases in Chaves County
• 7 new cases in Cibola County
• 2 new cases in Colfax County
• 15 new cases in Curry County
• 33 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 22 new cases in Eddy County
• 2 new cases in Grant County
• 9 new cases in Lea County
• 7 new cases in Lincoln County
• 1 new case in Los Alamos County
• 1 new case in Luna County
• 2 new cases in McKinley County
• 4 new cases in Otero County
• 1 new case in Quay County
• 5 new cases in Roosevelt County
• 4 new cases in San Juan County
• 5 new cases in Sandoval County
• 1 new case in Santa Fe County
• 1 new case in Sierra County
• 6 new cases in Socorro County
• 2 new cases in Taos County
• 8 new cases in Valencia County
• 11 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility
• 1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

New fatalities

• A female in her 60s from Doña Ana County who had underlying conditions
• A female in her 70s from Lea County
• A male in his 70s from McKinley County who 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:

• Aristocrat Assisted Living in Las Cruces
• Avamere at Rio Rancho
• Avamere at Roswell
• Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen
• Brookdale Santa Fe
• Camino Healthcare in Albuquerque
• Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces
• Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell
• Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara
• Good Life Senior Living in Lovington
• Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces
• Heartfelt Manor in Roswell
• Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
• Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
• Lovington Healthcare in Lovington
• Princeton Place in Albuquerque
• Raton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Raton
• The Rehab Center of Albuquerque in Albuquerque
• Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
• Retirement Ranches in Clovis
• Silver City Care Center in Silver City
• Sunny Day Assisted Living in Gallup
• Sunset Villa Nursing Home in Roswell
• Village Retirement Community in Roswell
• The Watermark at Cherry Hills in Albuquerque
• Welbrook Senior Living Las Cruces

Statewide cases

According to a state news release, previously reported numbers included two cases in Lea County that have been identified as duplicates and one case in Doña Ana County that has been identified as an out-of-state resident—these have now been corrected. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.

• Bernalillo County: 6,270
• Catron County: 9
• Chaves County: 1,066
• Cibola County: 413
• Colfax County: 29
• Curry County: 759
• De Baca County: 1
• Doña Ana County: 3,198
• Eddy County: 735
• Grant County: 112
• Guadalupe County: 34
• Harding County: 2
• Hidalgo County: 99
• Lea County: 1,349
• Lincoln County: 196
• Los Alamos County: 32
• Luna County: 411
• McKinley County: 4,304
• Mora County: 7
• Otero County: 251
• Quay County: 74
• Rio Arriba County: 386
• Roosevelt County: 275
• Sandoval County: 1,320
• San Juan County: 3,280
• San Miguel County: 103
• Santa Fe County: 961
• Sierra County: 44
• Socorro County: 97
• Taos County: 133
• Torrance County: 66
• Union County: 31
• Valencia County: 567

Cases among people being held by federal agencies

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 324
• Otero County Prison Facility: 281
• Otero County Processing Center: 163
• Torrance County Detention Facility: 44

Cases among people being held by the New Mexico Department of Corrections

• Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 33
• Lea County Correctional Facility: 48
• Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 1
• Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 1
• Otero County Prison Facility: 472
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 1
• Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 1
• Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 4

*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.