Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday reported six confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quay County, all in the Tucumcari ZIP code.
The state also reported its second consecutive daily record high of deaths – 44 – and hospitalizations from the disease Thursday.
The age breakdown of the confirmed cases in the county was two age 10 to 19, one age 30 to 39, one age 50 to 59 and two age 70 to 79. Three females and three males were infected.
The total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began rose to 263, with five deaths. A total of 85 people have been deemed by the state as recovered from the virus.
The latest breakdown by ZIP code since the pandemic began is 196 in Tucumcari, 45 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).
According to the state’s COVID-19 rapid-response database, it was referred to one confirmed case each at Presbyterian Healthcare Services, aka Trigg Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday and Tucumcari Public Schools on Wednesday.
In the state, the DOH on Thursday reported 1,908 cases. The total number in New Mexico since the pandemic began rose to nearly 103,000.
The record 44 deaths reported Thursday in the state raised the total to 1,673.
A record total of 947 people in the state were hospitalized with the disease Thursday, an increase of seven from the previous day.
The Amarillo metro area on Thursday saw another COVID-19 surge, with more than 7,800 active cases and a hospitalization rate of 32%.
In the U.S., more than 14 million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported through Thursday since the pandemic began, with more than 275,000 deaths.