COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 236 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 187,720. The health department has designated 161,650 of those as recovered. Bernalillo County had 77 cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 36 and San Juan County with 18. Santa Fe County had 15 new cases. The state also announced six additional deaths; there have now been 3,846 fatalities. As of yesterday, 130 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, 31 on ventilators.
Hospital leaders and state officials marked yesterday s grim one-year anniversary of New Mexico s first COVID-19 cases with reflections on the pandemic s impact on every aspect of life, and moments of silence for the 3,845 New Mexicans who have died from the disease. The pandemic, all agreed, displayed New Mexico s widespread vulnerabilities from poverty to poor health to a lack of hospital beds. Many of the maneuvers COVID-19 engendered, such as collaboration among institutions