New Mexicans Over 40 Can Self-Schedule COVID-19 Vaccine

The health department today opened up self-scheduling for COVID-19 vaccines to all New Mexicans 40 years and older, adding to the groups previously allowed to do so in prior weeks. People 75 and older have been able to schedule without an event code since late March, and those 60 and older were provided self-scheduling access on April 8.

“This has always been the goal—to provide New Mexicans as much flexibility as possible in scheduling their vaccine appointments ,” Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins said in a statement. “And in the coming weeks, we intend to offer self-scheduling for all New Mexicans 16 years and older.”

Currently, 74.3% of New Mexicans 75 years and older have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 64.6% have been fully vaccinated. Among those 60 to 74 years old, 68.1% have had at least one dose and 48.3% have been fully vaccinated. In the age groups 16 to 59, 41.3% have had at least one dose; 25.3% are fully vaccinated.

Overall, 56.4% of New Mexicans have had at least one dose and 38.3% are fully inoculated, according to the state’s vaccine dashboard. In Santa Fe County, 57% have had at least one dose and 36.8% are fully vaccinated.

New Mexico health officials today reported 638 new COVID-19 cases for April 17 through today, April 19; the department no longer reports cases over the weekend. The new cases bring the total so far to 195,478; DOH has designated 176,762 of those cases as recovered.

Bernalillo County added 199 new cases, followed by San Juan County with 85 and Doña Ana County with 81. Santa Fe County had 26 new cases.

The state also announced six additional deaths from Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Sierra and Torrance counties; there have now been 4,007 fatalities.

As of today, 113 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.*

New cases

• 199 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 1 new case in Catron County
• 29 new cases in Chaves County
• 3 new cases in Cibola County
• 8 new cases in Colfax County
• 12 new cases in Curry County
• 1 new case in De Baca County
• 81 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 19 new cases in Eddy County
• 1 new case in Grant County
• 1 new case in Guadalupe County
• 3 new cases in Lea County
• 14 new cases in Lincoln County
• 3 new cases in Los Alamos County
• 5 new cases in Luna County
• 10 new cases in McKinley County
• 16 new cases in Otero County
• 3 new cases in Quay County
• 9 new cases in Rio Arriba County
• 1 new case in Roosevelt County
• 49 new cases in Sandoval County
• 85 new cases in San Juan County
• 4 new cases in San Miguel County
• 26 new cases in Santa Fe County
• 5 new cases in Sierra County
• 9 new cases in Socorro County
• 4 new cases in Taos County
• 6 new cases in Torrance County
• 1 new case in Union County
• 30 new cases in Valencia County

New fatalities

• A female in her 40s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County
• A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions
• A male in his 80s from Sierra County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Sierra Health Care Center in Truth or Consequences
• A male in his 70s from Torrance County who was hospitalized

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:

• Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Belen
• Brookdale Valencia in Albuquerque
• Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
• El Castillo in Santa Fe
• Genesis Healthcare Uptown in Albuquerque
• Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad
• New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences
• Princeton Place in Albuquerque
• The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
• Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• The Suites at Rio Vista in Rio Rancho
• White Sands Healthcare in Hobbs

Statewide cases

According to a health department news release, previously reported numbers included 27 cases that have been identified as duplicates (nine in Bernalillo County, one in Cibola County, five in Doña Ana County, one in Guadalupe County, three in McKinley County, two in Sandoval County, four in Santa Fe County and two in Valencia County). Additionally, one case in Bernalillo County that was not lab confirmed —these have all been corrected in the statewide totals. County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.

• Bernalillo County: 56,086
• Catron County: 89
• Chaves County: 8,836
• Cibola County: 2,854
• Colfax County: 743
• Curry County: 5,073
• De Baca County: 137
• Doña Ana County: 24,370
• Eddy County: 6,749
• Grant County: 1,673
• Guadalupe County: 376
• Harding County: 10
• Hidalgo County: 359
• Lea County: 8,266
• Lincoln County: 1,622
• Los Alamos County: 511
• Luna County: 3,273
• McKinley County: 12,193
• Mora County: 169
• Otero County: 3,739
• Quay County: 433
• Rio Arriba County: 3,546
• Roosevelt County: 1,877
• Sandoval County: 11,712
• San Juan County: 14,141
• San Miguel County: 1,338
• Santa Fe County: 10,001
• Sierra County: 727
• Socorro County: 1,297
• Taos County: 1,648
• Torrance County: 695
• Union County: 247
• Valencia County: 6,578

Cases among people being held by federal agencies

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 446
• Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 444
• 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: 762
• Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 167
• Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 127
• Otero County Prison Facility: 472
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 218
• 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.