SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 223 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
75 new cases in Bernalillo County
4 new cases in Chaves County
4 new cases in Cibola County
8 new cases in Curry County
16 new cases in Doña Ana County
1 new case in Eddy County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
1 new case in Lea County
3 new cases in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
5 new cases in Luna County
9 new cases in McKinley County
10 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
4 new cases in Rio Arriba County
2 new cases in Roosevelt County
5 new cases in Sandoval County
36 new cases in San Juan County
17 new cases in Santa Fe County
2 new cases in Sierra County
1 new case in Socorro County
2 new cases in Taos County
5 new cases in Torrance County
8 new cases in Valencia County
2 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
The ten ZIP codes across the state with the most COVID-19 cases on Friday,
May. 14 are:
87401 – 10
87109 – 9
87507 – 9
87105 – 8
87123 – 8
87114 – 7
87402 – 7
88101 – 7
87113 – 6
87417 – 6
The Department of Health on Friday reported one additional death in New Mexico related to COVID-19:
• A female in her 70s from San Juan County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 4,113.
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. By contrast, the Red Yellow Green county-level analysis provides a highly accurate picture for a two-week period of time.
Previously reported numbers included one case in Bernalillo County that has been identified as a duplicate; one case in Bernalillo County that was not lab confirmed; three cases have been determined to be out-of-state residents (one in Grant County, one in McKinley County, one in Union County) – these have now been corrected. Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 200,650 COVID-19 cases:
Bernalillo County: 57,848
Catron County: 93
Chaves County: 8,971
Cibola County: 2,880
Colfax County: 763
Curry County: 5,203
De Baca County: 158
Doña Ana County: 24,762
Eddy County: 6,845
Grant County: 1,709
Guadalupe County: 404
Harding County: 10
Hidalgo County: 362
Lea County: 8,287
Lincoln County: 1,705
Los Alamos County: 526
Luna County: 3,342
McKinley County: 12,297
Mora County: 170
Otero County: 3,918
Quay County: 506
Rio Arriba County: 3,601
Roosevelt County: 1,963
Sandoval County: 11,981
San Juan County: 15,070
San Miguel County: 1,353
Santa Fe County: 10,285
Sierra County: 767
Socorro County: 1,317
Taos County: 1,671
Torrance County: 774
Union County: 247
Valencia County: 6,744
County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.
As of today, there are 112 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 185,779 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 in Eddy County: Lakeview Christian Home in Carlsbad.
The Department of Health has detected community spread in the state of New Mexico and is investigating cases with no known exposure. The agency reports that given the infectious nature of the virus it is likely other residents are infected but yet to be tested or confirmed positive. To that end, all New Mexicans have been instructed to stay home except for outings absolutely necessary for health, safety and welfare. These additional restrictions have been enacted to aggressively minimize person-to-person contact and ensure spread is mitigated. New Mexicans are strongly urged to limit travel to only what is necessary for health, safety and welfare.
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. Stay home, especially if you are sick. Wear a mask or face covering when in public and around others.
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).
