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New Mexico health officials today reported 218 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 192,152. The health department has designated 173,981 of those cases as recovered.
Bernalillo County led with 70 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 29 and Sandoval County with 22. Santa Fe County had eight new cases.
The state also announced seven additional deaths, including one in Santa Fe County: a female in her 90s who was a resident of the Willow Wood Assisted Living in Santa Fe. Today's fatalities also include a man in his 20s from McKinley County who was not listed as having any underlying conditions. There have now been 142 deaths in Santa Fe County and 3,949 statewide.
As of today, 94 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*
Also as of today, the health department reports 46.7% of New Mexicans 16 years and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 29.6% are fully inoculated. In Santa Fe County, 44.3% have had at least one shot and 24.7% are fully vaccinated.
New cases
- 70 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 6 new cases in Chaves County
- 3 new cases in Cibola County
- 2 new cases in Colfax County
- 1 new case in Curry County
- 29 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 5 new cases in Eddy County
- 10 new cases in Grant County
- 10 new cases in Lea County
- 1 new case in Lincoln County
- 12 new cases in Otero County
- 3 new cases in Roosevelt County
- 22 new cases in Sandoval County
- 13 new cases in San Juan County
- 2 new cases in San Miguel County
- 8 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 3 new cases in Sierra County
- 1 new case in Socorro County
- 1 new case in Torrance County
- 16 new cases in Valencia County
New fatalities
- A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions
- A second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized, had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites in Albuquerque
- A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions
- A male in his 80s from Eddy County who had underlying conditions
- A male in his 20s from McKinley County
- A female in her 70s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
- A female in her 90s from Santa Fe County. The individual was a resident of the Willow Wood Assisted Living in Santa Fe.
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:
- 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 long-term care facilities:
- Advanced Health Care in Albuquerque
- Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Avamere at Fiesta Park in Albuquerque
- Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
- BeeHive Homes Farmington
- Casa del Sol Center in Las Cruces
- Casa Sandia in Albuquerque
- Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
- Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare in Alamogordo
- Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
- La Vida Llena Assisted Living in Albuquerque
- Mission Arch Center in Roswell
- The Montecito in Santa Fe
- Pacifica Senior Living in Santa Fe
- Princeton Place in Albuquerque
- Retirement Ranches in Clovis
- The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
- Santa Fe Care Center in Santa Fe
- Suites at Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
- Vecino Sanos Assisted Living in Santa Rosa
Statewide cases
According to a health department news release, previously reported numbers included 11 cases that have been identified as duplicates (two in Doña Ana County, one in Luna County, one in McKinley County, one in Otero County, one in Rio Arriba County, three in San Juan County, one in Santa Fe County and one in Sierra County)—these have now been corrected. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
Cases among people being held by federal agencies
- Cibola County Correctional Center: 446
- Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 443
- Otero County Processing Center: 198
- 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: 759
- 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: 217
- Roswell Correctional Center: 230
- Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 230
- 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.