Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The seventh confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported Monday in Quay County as New Mexico saw its fifth consecutive day of reporting more than 200 cases.
Also Monday, Mesalands Community College closed its fitness center after a member tested positive for the virus. The center has been closed. All of Building A, which houses the fitness center, will be closed Tuesday for disinfecting.
According to the state Department of Health, the latest Quay County case was a man age 20 to 29. No other information was available.
The previous case, a teenage male, was reported June 26.
Josh McVey, public relations coordinator for the college, said in a phone interview the fitness-center member contacted the college just before noon Monday that he or she had tested positive for COVID-19. Mesalands immediately closed the facility and will disinfect the building Tuesday, which had been closed except to essential staff since the pandemic began.
McVey said the infected individual last used the fitness center Thursday evening. McVey said he didn't know how many people have access to the facility.
McVey declined to give any more information about the infected individual.
More than 620 people have been tested for the virus in Quay County so far. Of the county's seven cases, three have recovered, with one death.
The state's coronavirus total Monday was 254. The number approached 300 on Saturday.
More than 13,500 cases in New Mexico have been confirmed with the virus, with 515 deaths as of Monday.
More than 5,900 have been deemed as recovered from the disease.
In the U.S., more than 2.9 million people have been confirmed as having the virus, with more than 130,000 deaths.