Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The New Mexico Department of Health on Sunday reported five confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quay County.
Four of the cases were reported in the Tucumcari ZIP code, with one in the Logan ZIP code.
Three females and two males were infected in the county. The breakdown by age is two age 10 to 19, one age 40 to 49, one age 60 to 69 and one age 70 to 79.
Quay County continues to see an elevated rate of COVID-19 cases in December, with 62 so far. A total of 140 cases were reported in the county in November.
The total number of cases in the county rose to 310, with five deaths. A total of 104 people in the county have been deemed by the state as recovered from the virus.
The latest breakdown by ZIP code since the pandemic began is 238 in Tucumcari, 47 in Logan, seven in House, six in San Jon, four in McAlister, three in Nara Visa, two in Bard and one in Grady (part of the ZIP code extends into the county).
In the state, the DOH reported 1,459 cases on Sunday. The total number in New Mexico since the pandemic began rose to nearly 120,000.
A record-tying total of 44 deaths were reported Sunday in New Mexico, raising the total to 1,957. Forty-four people also died of the disease on Dec. 3.
A total of 878 people in the state were hospitalized with the disease Sunday, a decrease of 29 from the previous day.
In the U.S., more than 16.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported through Sunday since the pandemic began, with more than 298,000 deaths.