DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS RELEASE

New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 21,305 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

•        6110 new cases in Bernalillo County
•        14 new cases in Catron County
•        694 new cases in Chaves County
•        265 new cases in Cibola County
•        72 new cases in Colfax County
•        560 new cases in Curry County
•        13 new cases in De Baca County
•        2867 new cases in Doña Ana County
•        579 new cases in Eddy County
•        204 new cases in Grant County
•        42 new cases in Guadalupe County
•        1 new case in Harding County
•        24 new cases in Hidalgo County
•        506 new cases in Lea County
•        161 new cases in Lincoln County
•        280 new cases in Los Alamos County
•        176 new cases in Luna County
•        988 new cases in McKinley County
•        30 new cases in Mora County
•        524 new cases in Otero County
•        35 new cases in Quay County
•        493 new cases in Rio Arriba County
•        156 new cases in Roosevelt County
•        1844 new cases in Sandoval County
•        1389 new cases in San Juan County
•        323 new cases in San Miguel County
•        1806 new cases in Santa Fe County
•       41 new cases in Sierra County
•        122 new cases in Socorro County
•        279 new cases in Taos County
•        86 new cases in Torrance County
•        24 new cases in Union County
•        514 new cases in Valencia County
•        6 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Cibola County Correctional Center
•        3 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Federal Prison Facility
•        38 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
•        5 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County
•        3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Lea County Correctional Facility
•        21 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County
•        7 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County

The Department of Health on Tuesday reported thirty-two additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:
Twenty-one recent deaths:

•         A female in her 40s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
•         A second male in his 50s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A female in her 60s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
•         A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
•         A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A second female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 70s from Chaves County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 70s from Cibola County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A female in her 50s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 50s from Doña Ana County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A female in her 60s from Sandoval County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A second female in her 60s from Sandoval County. The individual was hospitalized.
•         A male in his 80s from Sandoval County. The individual had underlying conditions.
•         A female in her 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A male in his 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•         A female in her 90s from Santa Fe County. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the BeeHive Homes Edgewood facility.
•         A female in her 60s from Socorro County. The individual was hospitalized.
•         A male in his 80s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.

Eleven* deaths > 30 days:

•        A female in her 50s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•        A male in his 60s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•        A female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
•        A second female in her 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized.
•        A male in his 70s from Bernalillo County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•        A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying conditions.
•        A female in her 70s from Curry County. The individual was hospitalized.
•        A male in his 60s from Sierra County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•        A male in his 80s from Socorro County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•        A male in his 60s from Torrance County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
•        A male in his 50s from Valencia County. The individual was hospitalized.

The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 6,177.
*COVID related deaths are reported when a death certificate has been issued and some death certificates are delayed due to insufficient information.
The ten ZIP codes across the state with the most COVID-19 cases on are:

•         87121 – 839
•         87507 – 816
•         87114 – 737
•         87124 – 701
•         87144 – 671
•         87120 – 607
•         87401 – 540
•         88101 – 525
•         87105 – 487
•         88012 – 457

Daily case counts and test numbers are raw data based on information the state receives today – meaning data that has not yet been scrutinized to identify potential duplicates or late-arriving positives or negatives.  Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of COVID-19 cases:

•         Bernalillo County: 120,036
•         Catron County: 337
•         Chaves County: 18,116
•         Cibola County: 5,346
•         Colfax County: 2,024
•         Curry County: 10,506
•         De Baca County: 475
•         Doña Ana County: 49,859
•         Eddy County: 14,221
•         Grant County: 5,267
•         Guadalupe County: 836
•         Harding County: 63
•         Hidalgo County: 872
•         Lea County: 17,264
•         Lincoln County: 4,313
•         Los Alamos County: 1,781
•         Luna County: 5,469
•         McKinley County: 20,761
•         Mora County: 571
•         Otero County: 10,650
•         Quay County: 1,761
•         Rio Arriba County: 7,795
•         Roosevelt County: 4,137
•         Sandoval County: 26,332
•         San Juan County: 32,892
•         San Miguel County: 4,411
•         Santa Fe County: 22,355
•         Sierra County: 1,665
•         Socorro County: 2,987
•         Taos County: 4,054
•         Torrance County: 2,236
•         Union County: 636
•         Valencia County: 14,560

County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
The Department of Health currently reports the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the following facilities:

•        Cibola County Correctional Center: 465
•        Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 590
•        Otero County Processing Center: 762
•        Torrance County Detention Facility: 385

The Department of Health currently reports the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by the New Mexico Corrections Department at the following facilities:

•        Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 400
•        Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 258
•        Lea County Correctional Facility: 780
•        Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 214
•        Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 131
•        Otero County Prison Facility: 544
•        Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 254
•        Roswell Correctional Center: 230
•        Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 248
•        Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 257
•        Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 86

As of today, there are 624 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.
As of today, there are 327,914 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.
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:

•        A Love for Life (Alcazar St), Albuquerque
•        Advanced Health Care of Albuquerque
•        Albuquerque Grand Senior Living, Albuquerque
•        Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehab
•        Amaran Assisted Living, Albquerque
•        American Heritage Home, Albuquerque
•        Angel Wings Assisted Living Home Care, Albuquerque
•        Arbors of Del Rey, Las Cruces
•        Artesia Healthcare and rehab (San Pedro Nursing), Artesia
•        Aspen Ridge Assisted Living, Los Alamos
•        Atria Vista Del Rio (Morada), Albuquerque
•        Avamere at Fiesta Park, Albuquerque
•        Bear Canyon Rehab, Albuquerque
•        Bee Hive Homes Of Edgewood, Edgewood
•        Beehive Homes of San Pedro, Albuquerque
•        Beehive Homes, Clovis
•        Beehive Homes, Deming
•        Beehive Homes, Farmington
•        Beehive Homes, Roswell
•        Belen Meadows
•        Blue Horizon Assisted Living, Las Cruces
•        Brookdale Santa Fe
•        Brookdale Valencia, Albuquerque
•        Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Las Cruces
•        Camino Retirement Homes, Albuquerque
•        Camino Healthcare (now called Odelia Healthcare), ABQ
•        Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center, Alamogordo
•        Casa Bella Residential Care, Las Cruces
•        Casa De Carino, Albuquerque
•        Casa de Oro Center, Las Cruces
•        Casa de Palomas, Albuquerque
•        Casa de Paz, Rio Rancho
•        Casa Del Sol Center, Las Cruces
•        Casa Maria, Roswell
•        Casa Real Genesis, Santa Fe
•        Casa Sandia, Albuquerque
•        Cedar Ridge Inn, Farmington
•        Clayton Nursing and Rehab (Genesis)
•        Clovis Healthcare and rehab, Clovis
•        Colfax Long Term Care Center, Springer
•        Desert Peaks Assisted Living, Las Cruces
•        Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation, Hobbs
•        El Castillo Retirement, Santa Fe
•        Elmcroft of Quintessence, Albuquerque
•        Fairwinds Assisted Living, Rio Rancho
•        Fort Bayard Medical Center
•        Genesis Rio Rancho Center
•        Genesis San Juan Center, Farmington
•        Genesis Silver City Care Center, Silver City
•        Good Life Senior living & Memory Care, Los Lunas
•        Good Life Senior Living And Memory Care, Artesia
•        Good Life Senior Living, Carlsbad
•        Good Samaritan Betty Dare, Alamogordo
•        Good Samaritan Manzano Del Sol Nursing
•       Good Samaritan, Las Cruces
•        Good Samaritan, Socorro
•        Kingston Residence of Santa Fe
•        La Posada Assisted Living, Las Cruces
•        Ladera Center Genesis, Albuquerque
•        Laguna Rainbow Care, Casa Blanca
•        Lakeview Christian Home, Carlsbad
•        Landmark Desert Gardens Assisted Living, Hobbs
•        Las Palomas Genesis, Albuquerque
•        Life Care Farmington
•        LifeSpire Assisted Living , Albuquerque (High Assets Way)
•        LifeSpire Assisted Living, Rio Rancho
•        Little Roses Home of the SW, Albuquerque
•        Little Sisters of the Poor, Gallup
•        McKinley Care Center, Gallup
•        Meadows Home, NM Behavioral Health Institute, Las Vegas
•        Mimbres Nursing Home, Deming
•        Miners Colfax Medical Center, Raton
•        Mission Arch Center (Roswell)
•        Morningstar Of Albuquerque, Albuquerque
•        Morningstar Memory Care at Northridge, Albuquerque
•        Namaste House Assisted Living, Farmington
•        NM State Veterans Home, TorC
•        Palmilla Senior Living, Albuquerque
•        Princeton Place, Albuquerque
•        Ravenna assisted living, Albuquerque
•        Retirement Ranches-Clovis
•        Retreat Healthcare, Rio Rancho
•        Sandia Ridge Genesis, Albuquerque
•        Santa Clara Assisted Living, Santa Clara
•        Santa Fe Care Center, Santa Fe
•        Senior Living Systems, Los Lunas
•        Shady Pines Assisted Living, Albuquerque
•        Sierra Healthcare Center, TorC
•        Singing Arrow Manor, Albuquerque
•        Skies Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Genesis, Albuquerque
•        Sombrillo Nursing & Rehabilitation, Los Alamos
•        South Valley Care Center, Albuquerque
•        Spanish Trails Rehabilitation Suites, Albuquerque
•        St Anthony’s Healthcare, Clovis
•        Sunny Day Assisted Living, Gallup
•        Sunset Villa Nursing home, Roswell
•        Taos Living Center, Taos
•        The Montebello on Academy, Albuquerque
•        The Montecito, Santa Fe
•        The Rehab Center of Albuquerque
•        The Rio Las Estancias, Albuquerque
•        The Suites Rio Vista, Rio Rancho
•        The Watermark at Cherry Hills, Albuquerque
•        The Woodmark at Uptown, Albuquerque
•        UpTown Genesis, Albuquerque
•        Vida Encantada Nursing & Rehab, Las Vegas
•        Village at Northrise – Morning Side, Las Cruces
•        Village at Northrise – Desert Willow II Memory care, Las Cruces
•        Village at Northrise – Desert Willow I Nursing, Las Cruces
•        Welbrook Senior Living, Las Cruces (Now called Las Cruces Post Acute and Rehabilitation Center of Cascadia)
•        Westwind House Assisted Living, Albuquerque
•        Wheatfields Senior Living, Clovis
•        White Sands Healthcare, Hobbs

***This reported data is a total of Saturday 1/15, Sunday 1/16, Monday 1/17, & Tuesday 1/18***The New Mexico Department of Health has active investigations into the positive patients, which includes contact-tracing and swabs of symptomatic individuals who have had contact with the positive cases.
Every New Mexican must work together to stem the spread of COVID-19. Wear a mask when in public and around others. If you are sick, stay home as much as possible.New Mexicans who report symptoms of COVID-19 infection, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, and/or loss of taste or smell should call their health care provider or the NMDOH COVID-19 hotline immediately (1-855-600-3453).
The Department of Health strongly encourages the following groups to get tested:●       Symptomatic people displaying the COVID-19 symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, and/or loss of taste or smell;●       Asymptomatic people who are close contacts or household members of people in their infectious period who have already tested positive for the coronavirus;●       Asymptomatic people who live or work in congregate settings such as long-term care facilities and group homes;●       Patients who are scheduled for surgery and whose provider has advised them to get tested before the procedure.
New Mexicans who have non-health-related questions or concerns can also call 833-551-0518 or visit newmexico.gov, which is being updated regularly as a one-stop source for information for families, workers and others affected by and seeking more information about COVID-19.