Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Quay County, according to a daily news release Saturday afternoon from the New Mexico Department of Health.
The person who contracted coronavirus in the county is identified as a male age 40 to 49, according to the health agency. The state typically does not give the name or town where the victim resides.
To date, more than 55 people have been tested for the virus in Quay County, with no deaths.
Quay County’s first case was reported April 11, also a man age 40 to 49.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in New Mexico grew by 87 on Saturday, to a total of 1,798. The number may not include those who have been transferred to a hospital out of the state.
Two deaths were reported Saturday, bringing the state’s total to 53.
A total of 92 people have been hospitalized with the disease as of Saturday. A total of 465 have recovered from the virus.
Though most of the coronavirus cases are in heavily populated Bernalillo County, the most cases per capita in New Mexico remain in the northwest part of the states, where Native American tribes have reported community spread.
In the U.S., almost 700,000 confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported, with more than 31,000 deaths.