Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following announcement on Aug. 21.
New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 150 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
- 32 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 12 new cases in Chaves County
- 1 new case in Cibola County
- 3 new cases in Curry County
- 14 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 11 new cases in Eddy County
- 1 new case in Grant County
- 19 new cases in Lea County
- 1 new case in Lincoln County
- 1 new case in Luna County
- 7 new cases in McKinley County
- 2 new cases in Otero County
- 2 new cases in Quay County
- 6 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 3 new cases in Roosevelt County
- 5 new cases in Sandoval County
- 9 new cases in San Juan County
- 3 new cases in San Miguel County
- 12 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 1 new case in Socorro County
- 5 new cases in Valencia County
- A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual was a resident of the Sandia Ridge Center facility in Albuquerque.
- A female in her 90s from Bernalillo County. The individual was a resident of the Sandia Ridge Center facility in Albuquerque.
- A female in her 40s from McKinley County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
- A male in his 80s from Sandoval County. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Rio Rancho Center facility in Rio Rancho.
- A female in her 90s from Sandoval County. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Rio Rancho Center facility in Rio Rancho.
Previously reported numbers included two cases in Bernalillo County that have been identified as duplicates; three cases that were not lab confirmed (two in Bernalillo County, one in Curry County); and one case in Otero County that has been identified as an out-of-state resident – these have now been corrected. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 24,095 COVID-19 cases:
- Bernalillo County: 5,502
- Catron County: 5
- Chaves County: 593
- Cibola County: 392
- Colfax County: 19
- Curry County: 621
- Doña Ana County: 2,699
- Eddy County: 408
- Grant County: 76
- Guadalupe County: 32
- Harding County: 2
- Hidalgo County: 93
- Lea County: 1,010
- Lincoln County: 162
- Los Alamos County: 24
- Luna County: 264
- McKinley County: 4,148
- Mora County: 6
- Otero County: 213
- Quay County: 60
- Rio Arriba County: 343
- Roosevelt County: 188
- Sandoval County: 1,181
- San Juan County: 3,131
- San Miguel County: 61
- Santa Fe County: 748
- Sierra County: 36
- Socorro County: 76
- Taos County: 115
- Torrance County: 63
- Union County: 31
- Valencia County: 479
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: 323
- Otero County Prison Facility: 280
- Otero County Processing Center: 159
- Torrance County Detention Facility: 44
- Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 25
- Lea County Correctional Facility: 4
- Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 1
- Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 1
- Otero County Prison Facility: 472
- Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 1
- Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 4
There are 11,312 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.
Original source can be found here.
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