Three more COVID-19 cases reported in Quay County

Three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Friday in Quay County, bringing the total to 22 overall since the pandemic began.

They were the 13th, 14th and 15th cases in the county in 22 days after weeks of no activity.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported the latest cases were two people age 10 to 19 and one person age 30 to 39. Two were females; one was male. All were reported in the Tucumcari ZIP code.

Eighteen of the coronavirus cases in the county remained active through Friday. Three have been deemed as recovered from the virus, and one death was reported in April.

More than 850 people in Quay County have been tested for the virus.

A total of 319 people in New Mexico were confirmed with COVID-19 on Friday, the 16th consecutive day the state had surpassed the 200 mark.

More than 16,400 cases of COVID-19 in New Mexico have been reported since the pandemic began.

Three deaths were reported in the state Friday, bringing the total to 565.

A total of 166 people are hospitalized with COVID-19.

A total of 6,654 have been deemed as recovered from the disease in New Mexico.

Through Friday afternoon, more than 3.6 million people in the United States have been confirmed with the virus, with more than 138,000 deaths.