New Mexico Reports 877 New COVID-19 Cases

New Mexico health officials today reported 877 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 48,104.

Bernalillo and Doña Ana counties accounted for more than half of those, with 245 and 220 new cases, respectively. Santa Fe County had the third highest number of new cases: 62.

The state also announced 10 additional deaths from eight counties; there have now been 1,036 fatalities.

As of today, 382 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, 17 more than yesterday and 93 more than one week ago today.* According to a news release from the governor's office, 74% of general beds and 69% of ICU beds at New Mexico hospitals are currently occupied with both COVID and non-COVID patients.

The state on Friday announced it was seeking additional contact-tracers, as the recent surge of cases has caused the state to fall behind on meeting its gating criteria for communicating with people who have tested positive within 24 hours and those they may have infected within 36. Right now, contact-tracers are taking 47 and 74 hours, respectively, according to the state's gating criteria dashboard. The state also is failing to meet its goal of 168 cases or less per day on a seven-day rolling average and currently is at 827. The test positivity rate also has risen above the 5% target to 9.1%.

New cases

• 245 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 12 new cases in Chaves County
• 18 new cases in Cibola County
• 52 new cases in Curry County
• 1 new case in De Baca County
• 220 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 9 new cases in Eddy County
• 3 new cases in Grant County
• 1 new case in Guadalupe County
• 2 new cases in Hidalgo County
• 16 new cases in Lea County
• 3 new cases in Lincoln County
• 24 new cases in Luna County
• 47 new cases in McKinley County
• 8 new cases in Otero County
• 1 new case in Quay County
• 6 new cases in Rio Arriba County
• 21 new cases in Roosevelt County
• 34 new cases in Sandoval County
• 30 new cases in San Juan County
• 4 new cases in San Miguel County
• 62 new cases in Santa Fe County
• 7 new cases in Sierra County
• 8 new cases in Socorro County
• 10 new cases in Taos County
• 7 new cases in Torrance County
• 21 new cases in Valencia County
• 5 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Prison Facility

New fatalities

• A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of the South Valley Care Center facility in Albuquerque
• A male in his 30s from Cibola County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A male in his 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized
• A male in his 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Casa del Sol Center facility in Las Cruces
• A female in her 60s from Lea County who was a resident of the Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
• A male in his 70s from Otero County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A female in her 80s from Roosevelt County
• A male in his 50s from Socorro County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A female in her 60s from Valencia 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:

• Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces
• Advantage Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
• Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
• The Aldea House – Heaven Sent LLC in Albuquerque
• Artesia Healthcare and Rehabilitation
• Atria Vista Del Rio in Albuquerque
• Avamere at Fiesta Park in Albuquerque
• Avamere at Rio Rancho in Rio Rancho
• Aztec Healthcare in Aztec
• Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• BeeHive Homes Farmington in Farmington
• BeeHive Homes Volcano Cliffs in Albuquerque
• Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen
• Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bloomfield
• Brookdale Santa Fe
• Brookdale Valencia Albuquerque
• Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces
• Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
• Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces
• Casa Maria Health Care Center in Roswell
• Casa Real in Santa Fe
• Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
• Colfax Long Term Care Center in Colfax
• Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
• El Castillo in Santa Fe
• Fairwinds Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
• Good Life Senior Living in Artesia
• Good Life Senior Living in Carlsbad
• Good Life Senior Living in Lovington
• Good Samaritan Manzano Del Sol Independent Senior Living in Albuquerque
• Good Samaritan Society Betty Dare in Alamogordo
• Good Samaritan Society Grants
• Good Samaritan Society Las Cruces
• Haciendas of Grace Village in Las Cruces
• Ladera Center in Albuquerque
• Laguna Rainbow Care Center in Casa Blanca
• Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
• Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
• La Vida Llena Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Lotus Care Homes Galaxia in Albuquerque
• Life Care Center in Farmington
• Lovington Healthcare in Lovington
• Kingston Residence of Santa Fe
• Mescalero Care Center in Mescalero
• The Montebello on Academy in Albuquerque
• The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho
• New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences
• North Ridge Care Center in Albuquerque
• Odelia Healthcare (Camino Healthcare) in Albuquerque
• Palmilla Senior Living in Albuquerque
• Princeton Place in Albuquerque
• Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup
• The Rehabilitation Center of Albuquerque
• Retirement Ranches in Clovis
• Retreat Healthcare in Rio Rancho
• The Rio Las Estancias in Albuquerque
• Rio Rancho Center
• Sandia Ridge Center in Albuquerque
• Sandia Senior Suites in Albuquerque
• Silver City Care Center in Silver City
• Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation in Los Alamos
• South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque
• St. Anthony Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
• The Suites Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
• Sunset Villa Care Center in Roswell
• Uptown Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• Village Retirement Community in Roswell
• Vista Hermosa in Santa Fe
• The Watermark at Cherry Hills in Albuquerque
• Welbrook Senior Living Las Cruces
• Westwind House Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Wheatfields Senior Living Community in Clovis
• White Sands Healthcare in Hobbs

Statewide cases

According to a state news release, previously reported numbers included four cases that have been identified as duplicates (one in Bernalillo County, one in Chaves County and two in Luna County), and one case in Luna 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: 12,102
• Catron County: 10
• Chaves County: 2,180
• Cibola County: 676
• Colfax County: 46
• Curry County: 1,703
• De Baca County: 3
• Doña Ana County: 7,029
• Eddy County: 1,591
• Grant County: 209
• Guadalupe County: 47
• Harding County: 1
• Hidalgo County: 127
• Lea County: 2,233
• Lincoln County: 398
• Los Alamos County: 50
• Luna County: 1,179
• McKinley County: 4,799
• Mora County: 15
• Otero County: 578
• Quay County: 113
• Rio Arriba County: 549
• Roosevelt County: 513
• Sandoval County: 2,165
• San Juan County: 3,891
• San Miguel County: 200
• Santa Fe County: 1,961
• Sierra County: 137
• Socorro County: 278
• Taos County: 272
• Torrance County: 119
• Union County: 45
• Valencia County: 1,096

Cases among people being held by federal agencies

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 348
• Otero County Prison Facility: 396
• Otero County Processing Center: 191
• 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: 155
• Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 1
• Lea County Correctional Facility: 112
• Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 5
• Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 1
• Otero County Prison Facility: 472
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 4
• Roswell Correctional Center: 1
• Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 55
• 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.