Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday reported four confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quay County.
Three of the cases were reported in the Tucumcari ZIP code and one in Logan.
The age breakdown of the confirmed cases in the county was one age 10 to 19, two age 20 to 29 and one age 50 to 59. Two females and two males were infected.
The total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began rose to 267, with five deaths. A total of 87 people have been deemed by the state as recovered from the virus.
Quay County continued to see a higher rate of cases in recent days, with 20 so far in December.
The latest breakdown by ZIP code since the pandemic began is 199 in Tucumcari, 46 in Logan, seven in House, six in San Jon, four in McAlister, two in Nara Visa, two in Bard and one in Grady (part of which extends into the county).
In the state, the DOH on Friday reported 2,080 cases. The total number in New Mexico since the pandemic began rose to nearly 105,000.
A total of 33 deaths were reported Friday in New Mexico, raising the total to more than 1,700.
A total of 934 people in the state were hospitalized with the disease Friday, a decrease of 13 from the previous day.
The Amarillo metro area on Friday saw more than 7,800 active cases and a hospitalization rate of 36%.
In the U.S., more than 14.3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported through Friday since the pandemic began, with more than 278,000 deaths.