New Mexico Reports 259 New COVID-19 Cases and 16 Deaths

New Mexico health officials today reported 259 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 186,156. The health department has designated 151,708 of those cases as recovered.

Bernalillo County had 80 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 38 and Sandoval County with 24. Santa Fe County had 10 new cases. There also were 10 new cases reported among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility, which had 37 new cases yesterday and an outbreak of close to 200 cases there reported last week; there have now been 726 COVID-19 cases at that facility.

The state also announced 16 additional deaths, skewing in the "worst" case scenario from Los Alamos National Laboratory's weekly modeling and forecasting report; there have now been 3,769 fatalities statewide.

As of today, 177 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*

New cases

• 80 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 7 new cases in Chaves County
• 2 new cases in Cibola County
• 1 new case in Colfax County
• 6 new cases in Curry County
• 38 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 13 new cases in Eddy County
• 3 new cases in Grant County
• 1 new case in Guadalupe County
• 2 new cases in Lincoln County
• 2 new cases in Los Alamos County
• 2 new cases in Luna County
• 6 new cases in McKinley County
• 1 new case in Mora County
• 16 new cases in Otero County
• 24 new cases in Sandoval County
• 5 new cases in San Juan County
• 3 new cases in San Miguel County
• 10 new cases in Santa Fe County
• 9 new cases in Taos County
• 4 new cases in Torrance County
• 12 new cases in Valencia County
• 1 new case among individuals held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center
• 10 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 Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County

New fatalities

• A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A male in his 50s from Chaves County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A female in her 80s from Doña Ana County
• A male in his 80s from Lea County who was hospitalized
• A male in his 90s from McKinley County
• A male in his 80s from Otero County who was hospitalized and was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare facility in Alamogordo
• A female in her 90s from Rio Arriba County
• A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A second male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A male in his 80s from Sandoval County
• A female in her 90s from Sandoval County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the The Retreat Healthcare facility in Rio Rancho
• A male in his 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized
• A second male in his 60s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A female in her 80s from San Juan County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Aztec Healthcare facility in Aztec
• A female in her 70s from Valencia 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:

• Adobe Assisted Living in Las Cruces
• Advanced Health Care in Albuquerque
• The Aldea House – Heaven Sent LLC in Albuquerque
• The Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Alamogordo
• Artesia Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Artesia
• Atria Vista Del Rio in Albuquerque
• Avamere at Rio Rancho
• BeeHive Homes Edgewood
• BeeHive Homes Farmington
• BeeHive Homes Gallup
• BeeHive Homes Taylor Ranch in Albuquerque
• Brookdale Santa Fe
• Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces
• Care Free Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Carefirst Assisted Living Willow Wood House in Albuquerque
• Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center in Alamogordo
• Casa de Oro Center in Las Cruces
• Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
• Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
• Colfax Long-Term Care Center in Springer
• Golden Hands Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Good Life Senior Living in Carlsbad
• Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare in Alamogordo
• Good Samaritan Society Socorro
• Ladera Center in Albuquerque
• Laguna Rainbow Care Center in Casa Blanca
• Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
• Landmark at Desert Gardens in Hobbs
• La Posada Assisted Living in Las Cruces
• Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
• The Legacy at Santa Fe
• Life Spire Assisted Living North Albuquerque Acres in Albuquerque
• McKinley Center in Gallup
• Mimbres Memorial Nursing Home in Deming
• Mission Arch Center in Roswell
• MorningStar Assisted Living and Memory Care of Albuquerque
• The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
• Odelia Healthcare (Camino Healthcare) in Albuquerque
• Princeton Place in Albuquerque
• Ravenna Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
• Rio Rancho Center
• Sandia Senior Suites Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Santa Clara Assisted Living in Santa Clara
• Senior Living Systems in Los Lunas
• Sierra Health Care Center in Truth or Consequences
• Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Los Alamos
• The Suites at Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
• Tercer Cielo 2 in Albuquerque
• Village Retirement Community in Roswell
• Vida Encantada Nursing & Rehabilitation in Las Vegas
• Vista Sandia Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Welbrook Senior Living in Las Cruces

Statewide cases

According to a health department news release, previously reported numbers included and one case in Sierra County that was not lab confirmed, which has been corrected. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.

• Bernalillo County: 52,863
• Catron County: 83
• Chaves County: 8,651
• Cibola County: 2,759
• Colfax County: 703
• Curry County: 4,940
• De Baca County: 132
• Doña Ana County: 22,915
• Eddy County: 6,500
• Grant County: 1,508
• Guadalupe County: 363
• Harding County: 8
• Hidalgo County: 350
• Lea County: 8,050
• Lincoln County: 1,552
• Los Alamos County: 485
• Luna County: 3,111
• McKinley County: 12,056
• Mora County: 162
• Otero County: 3,356
• Quay County: 420
• Rio Arriba County: 3,419
• Roosevelt County: 1,840
• Sandoval County: 10,916
• San Juan County: 13,554
• San Miguel County: 1,237
• Santa Fe County: 9,622
• Sierra County: 702
• Socorro County: 1,226
• Taos County: 1,551
• Torrance County: 650
• Union County: 237
• Valencia County: 6,189

Cases among people being held by federal agencies

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 445
• Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 443
• Otero County Processing Center: 197
• Torrance County Detention Facility: 47

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

• Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 288
• Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 251
• Lea County Correctional Facility: 726
• Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 167
• Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 123
• Otero County Prison Facility: 472
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 215
• Roswell Correctional Center: 229
• Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 218
• Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 151
• Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 74

*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.