Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The state's Department of Health on Wednesday reported two additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Quay County, bringing the total to 28 since the pandemic began.
They were the 20th and 21st cases in the county in a 27-day span.
The number of confirmed cases in the county has more than quintupled from one month ago. Quay County totaled five coronavirus cases on June 22.
The DOH reported the latest cases were males: age infant to 9 and 40 to 49. Both were in the Tucumcari ZIP code. It was the second time in two days a young child in the region was confirmed with the virus.
The state also sent rapid-response teams Sunday to the city of Tucumcari and Community Home Care because of individual cases there. A team also checked on Tucumcari EMS and Fire because of a case on July 11.
Twenty-three of the coronavirus cases in the county remained active through Wednesday, with one new recovery. Four have been deemed as recovered from the virus, and one death of a Quay County resident was reported in April.
A total of 1,019 people in Quay County have been tested for the virus.
A total of 316 people in New Mexico were confirmed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, the 21st consecutive day the state had surpassed the 200 mark.
More than 17,800 cases of COVID-19 in New Mexico have been reported since the pandemic began -- more than 7,000 more than on June 22.
Three deaths were reported in the state Wednesday, bringing the total to 591.
A total of 178 people remain hospitalized with COVID-19 – a rise of 24 overnight. The DOH notes the total may include people who are from out-of-state but hospitalized in New Mexico. Human Services Secretary David Scrase said during a briefing last week he didn't have an exact number of those, but it was “not many.”
A total of 6,974 have been deemed as recovered from the disease in New Mexico.
Through Wednesday afternoon, more than 3.9 million people in the United States have been confirmed with the virus, with more than 142,000 deaths.