Covid-19 cases in New Mexico have decreased since vaccines have been available to the public, according to a New York Times article. “New cases of the corona virus in New Mexico have plunged to fewer than 200 a day from nearly 2,000. Deaths have declined to fewer than five a day from an average of more than 35. In the state’s nursing homes and assisted-care facilities, the average number of deaths each day has fallen from 10 to fewer than one.”
New Mexico has vaccinated roughly less than 40 percent of the population making it the leading state with the highest rate of full vaccinations. A great accomplishment considering New Mexico’s has one of the highest poverty rates.
The New Mexico Health Department announced on April 15 that there were 230 new cases, totaling to 194,605. One additional death was reported totaling to 3,997. There are currently 118 COVID hospitalizations.
Below are the cases by county as of April 15:
- 67 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Catron County
- 16 new cases in Chaves County
- 1 new case in Cibola County
- 3 new cases in Colfax County
- 39 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 2 new cases in Eddy County
- 1 new case in Grant County
- 2 new cases in Hidalgo County
- 2 new cases in Lea County
- 2 new cases in Lincoln County
- 2 new cases in Luna County
- 5 new cases in McKinley County
- 10 new cases in Otero County
- 3 new cases in Rio Arriba County
- 19 new cases in Sandoval County
- 33 new cases in San Juan County
- 1 new case in San Miguel County
- 9 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 5 new cases in Socorro County
- 1 new case in Taos County
- 1 new case in Torrance County
- 5 new cases in Valencia County
County totals are below and are subject to change
- Bernalillo County: 55,801
- Catron County: 88
- Chaves County: 8,798
- Cibola County: 2,851
- Colfax County: 735
- Curry County: 5,056
- De Baca County: 136
- Doña Ana County: 24,264
- Eddy County: 6,717
- Grant County: 1,668
- Guadalupe County: 376
- Harding County: 9
- Hidalgo County: 359
- Lea County: 8,259
- Lincoln County: 1,608
- Los Alamos County: 508
- Luna County: 3,265
- McKinley County: 12,178
- Mora County: 169
- Otero County: 3,713
- Quay County: 428
- Rio Arriba County: 3,537
- Roosevelt County: 1,877
- Sandoval County: 11,650
- San Juan County: 14,034
- San Miguel County: 1,330
- Santa Fe County: 9,968
- Sierra County: 722
- Socorro County: 1,283
- Taos County: 1,638
- Torrance County: 689
- Union County: 246
- Valencia County: 6,535
For more updates visit the NMDOH website https://cv.nmhealth.org/newsroom/.
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