COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 281 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 181,332. The health department has designated 125,064 of those cases as recovered. Bernalillo County had 120 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 49 and San Juan County with 22. Santa Fe County had 10 new cases. The state also announced 12 additional deaths; there have now been 3,562 fatalities statewide. As of yesterday, 280 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. As New Mexico approaches the one-year mark for the state s first cases, SFR spoke with Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase about the last 12 months of the pandemic and how the state has fared. When we look at the pandemic, we think of the number of cases and hospitalizations and all that, Scrase says, but I think mainly of the fact that people in high-income census tracts had one quarter the chance of getting COVID as people in low-income census tracts.
COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 691 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 164,954. Of those, the health department has designated 88,982 as recovered. Bernalillo County had 257 new cases, followed by Doña Ana County with 85 and Sandoval County with 56. Santa Fe County had 28 new cases. The state also announced 20 additional deaths, including one from Santa Fe County: a man in his 70s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. There have now been 2,975 fatalities statewide. As of yesterday, 643 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. You can read all of SFR s COVID-19 coverage here. If you ve had experiences with COVID-19, we would like to hear from you.