New Mexico Reports 263 New COVID-19 Cases and Five Deaths

New Mexico health officials today reported 263 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 189,158. The health department has designated 169,889 of those cases as recovered.

Bernalillo County had 92 cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 40 and Valencia County with 23. Santa Fe County had 14 new cases, nine from the 87507 ZIP code, which re-appeared on the state's top 10 list for ZIP codes with new cases today in seventh place.

The state also announced five additional deaths, including one from Santa Fe County: a man in his 60s who was hospitalized. Santa Fe County has now had 142 deaths, and there have been 3,877 statewide.

As of today, 138 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*

New Mexico's vaccine dashboard reports that of the approximately 1.6 million  people in the state who are 16 years and older and eligible for a vaccine, 35.4% have had at least one shot and 20.8% are fully vaccinated. Those figures include all doses administered, including those from federal agencies here such as Indian Health Service, Veterans Administration, Department of Defense and Bureau of Prisons. However, of the 595,360 New Mexicans who have had at least one shot, close to 65% of those took place through the health department's vaccine registry.

In Santa Fe County, 60.5% of the eligible 126,593 residents have registered for a vaccine with the state, the second highest participation following Taos County with 61.1%. In Santa Fe County, 31.1% those eligible have had at least one shot and 16.9% are fully vaccinated.

From county to county, percentages for vaccinations range from Torrance County, where 14% of the eligible population have had at least one shot and 8.1% are fully vaccinated, to Guadalupe County, where 48% of the eligible population have had at least one shot and 40.4% are fully vaccinated.

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 in Albuquerque
• Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
• The Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Alamogordo
• Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• BeeHive Homes Farmington
• Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces
• Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
• Casa Sandia in Albuquerque
• Clovis Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clovis
• Good Life Senior Living in Carlsbad
• Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare in Alamogordo
• Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
• La Vida Llena Assisted Living in Albuquerque
• Mission Arch Center in Roswell
• MorningStar Assisted Living and Memory Care of Albuquerque
• The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
• Pacifica Senior Living in Santa Fe
• Princeton Place in Albuquerque
• The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
• Santa Fe Care Center in Santa Fe
• Senior Living Systems in Los Lunas
• Suites at Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
• Welbrook Senior Living in Las Cruces
• The Woodmark at Uptown in Albuquerque

Statewide cases

According to a health department news release, previously reported numbers included nine cases that have been identified as duplicates (seven in Bernalillo County and two in San Juan County); two cases that were not lab confirmed (one in Doña Ana County and one in Santa Fe County); and one in Santa Fe County that has been determined to be 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: 53,855
• Catron County: 82
• Chaves County: 8,703
• Cibola County: 2,804
• Colfax County: 716
• Curry County: 4,988
• De Baca County: 133
• Doña Ana County: 23,436
• Eddy County: 6,601
• Grant County: 1,583
• Guadalupe County: 365
• Harding County: 8
• Hidalgo County: 350
• Lea County: 8,130
• Lincoln County: 1,576
• Los Alamos County: 493
• Luna County: 3,171
• McKinley County: 12,099
• Mora County: 168
• Otero County: 3,525
• Quay County: 425
• Rio Arriba County: 3,448
• Roosevelt County: 1,853
• Sandoval County: 11,122
• San Juan County: 13,624
• San Miguel County: 1,299
• Santa Fe County: 9,747
• Sierra County: 707
• Socorro County: 1,233
• Taos County: 1,594
• Torrance County: 664
• Union County: 244
• Valencia County: 6,315

Cases among people being held by federal agencies

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 446
• 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: 292
• Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 251
• Lea County Correctional Facility: 758
• Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 167
• Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 126
• Otero County Prison Facility: 472
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 215
• Roswell Correctional Center: 230
• Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 227
• Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 151
• Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 75

*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.