New COVID-19 case in county; total rises to 31

Quay County added another confirmed coronavirus case Sunday, bringing the total to 31 since the pandemic began.

The number of total cases in the county on June 26 was six — a more than fivefold increase in one month.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported on its website the latest case was a male age 10 to 19 in the Tucumcari ZIP code.

The number of cases in Tucumcari rose to 26, with three in Logan and two in San Jon. Logan and San Jon each reported new cases Saturday.

Twenty-six of the coronavirus cases in Quay County remained active through Sunday. Four have been deemed as recovered from the virus, and one death of a Quay County resident was reported in April.

A total of 1,068 people in Quay County have been tested for the virus. A total of 568 had been tested on June 26.

A total of 266 people in New Mexico were confirmed with COVID-19 on Sunday, the 25th consecutive day the state had surpassed the 200 mark.

More than 19,000 cases of COVID-19 in New Mexico have been reported since the pandemic began.

Seven deaths were reported in the state Sunday, bringing the total to 614.

A total of 144 people remain hospitalized in New Mexico with COVID-19, a number that has been trending slowly downward from more than 170 earlier this month.

A total of 7,349 have been deemed as recovered from the disease in New Mexico.

Through Sunday afternoon, more than 4.2 million people in the United States have been confirmed with the virus, with more than 146,000 deaths.