Enchantment State News

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following announcement on June 19.

New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 112 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

• 15 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 3 new cases in Chaves County
• 6 new cases in Cibola County
• 4 new cases in Curry County
• 10 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 3 new cases in Hidalgo County
• 3 new cases in Lea County
• 3 new cases in Luna County
• 22 new cases in McKinley County
• 2 new cases in Otero County
• 7 new cases in Rio Arriba County
• 6 new cases in Sandoval County
• 17 new cases in San Juan County
• 4 new cases in Santa Fe County
• 2 new cases in Valencia County
• 5 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center

The Department of Health on Friday also reported eight additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19. Those cases are:

• A female in her 80s from Cibola County. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society facility in Grants.
• A male in his 70s from Luna County. The individual was hospitalized and had no underlying conditions.
• A female in her 40s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 60s from McKinley County. 
• A male in his 60s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
• A female in her 80s from McKinley County. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Red Rocks Care Center in Gallup.
• A male in his 60s in Otero County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. The individual was a New Mexico Corrections Department inmate at the Otero County Prison Facility.
• A female in her 60s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had no underlying conditions.

The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 464.

Original source can be found here.