New COVID-19 case reported in Quay County

The state Department of Health on Thursday reported Quay County's first confirmed case of coronavirus in more than a month.

A spokesman for the agency said the victim is a woman in her 20s. He said there was no evidence of community spread.

It was the first reported case in the county since May 12.

Quay County now has a total of five cases, with one death, since the pandemic began in the United States early this year. The state removed one case from the county's total last week after officials determined the victim actually resided in Arizona.

Of the previous four reported cases in the county, three have recovered from the diseases. All were in the 88401 ZIP code, which is Tucumcari. Two were age 40 to 49; the other two were 70 to 79.

More than 500 people in the county have been tested for COVID-19.

A total of 94 new cases were reported in New Mexico on Thursday, bringing the total to 10,153.

Four deaths were reported Thursday, bringing that total to 456.

McKinley County leads the state with almost 3,000 cases. More than 4,400 New Mexicans have recovered from the disease.

East of Tucumcari, Amarillo has seen a significant decline in COVID-19 cases in recent days but still had more than 1,500 active cases as of Thursday. Spikes in cases in the neighboring states of Texas and Arizona continue to be a concern to many health officials, however.

In the U.S., more than 2.1 million people have been confirmed with the disease, with more than 118,000 deaths.