Six COVID-19 cases reported Saturday in county

The state’s Department of Health on Saturday reported six coronavirus cases in Quay County, all in the Tucumcari ZIP code.

According to the agency’s website, four men and two women were affected. The age breakdown of the latest cases are one age 20 to 29, one age 30 to 39, two age 40 to 49, one age 60 to 69 and one age 70 to 79.

It was the largest single-day report of COVID-19 cases in the county since Dec. 11, when eight were reported.

The number of cases in the county rose to 338 since the pandemic began, with seven deaths. A total of 176 people in the county have been deemed to have recovered from the virus.

The latest breakdown by ZIP code since the pandemic began is 265 in Tucumcari, 47 in Logan, seven in House, seven 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 New Mexico, a total of 1,252 new cases of the virus were reported Saturday. The total overall since the pandemic began rose to more than 145,000.

A total of 32 deaths were reported in the state Saturday, raising the toll to 2,534.

A total of 662 people in New Mexico were reported hospitalized with COVID-19 on Saturday, a number that has been trending downward in recent days.

In Amarillo, more than 3,300 active cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday, the most recent report available, with a 21.3% hospitalization rate. Both numbers have been trending downward in the last several weeks.

In the U.S., more than 20.3 million people have been confirmed with the disease through Saturday, with more than 349,000 deaths.