COVID-19 update

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This information is current as of approximately 4 p.m. MDT Wednesday, May 6, 2020.)

Sources include

New Mexico Department of Health (https://cv.nmhealth.org/)

Texas Department of State Health Services (www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus; click on “Case Counts”)

National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html)

Daily statistics

New Mexico: May 6: 4,291 cases, 169 deaths, 1,073 recoveries. May 5: 4,138 cases, 162 deaths, 964 recoveries. Doña Ana County: May 6: 180 cases. May 5: 173.

Texas: May 6: 34,422 cases, 948 deaths, 16,791 recoveries. May 5: 32,332 cases, 906 deaths, 16,791 recoveries. El Paso County: May 6: 1,080 cases, 22 deaths. May 5: 1,029 cases, 22 deaths.

Mexico: May 6: 26,025 cases, 2,507 deaths. May 5: 24,975 cases, 2,271 deaths. State of Chihuahua: May 6: 684 cases, 125 deaths. May 5: 653 cases, 118 deaths. Cuidad Juarez (in Chihuahua): May 6: 433 cases, 104 deaths. May 5: 418 cases, 97 deaths. (Note: coronavirus data is harder to track accurately in Mexico.)

United States: May 6: 1,246,630 cases; 73,211 deaths, 166,490 recoveries. May 5: 1,221,926 cases, 71,142 deaths, 162,314 recoveries.

Worldwide: May 6: 3,682,968 cases, (474 per million), 257,906 deaths, 1,207,548 recoveries. May 5: 3,618,325 cases (465 per million), 253,381 deaths, 1,184,145 recoveries.

Regional statistics

New Mexico (as of May 6)

85,684 tests; May 5: 83,251

4,291 positive (5 percent) May 5: 4,138 (4.97 percent)

193 currently hospitalized; May 5: 178

1,073 recoveries; May 5: 964

169 deaths; May 5: 162 deaths

Doña Ana County: 180 cases (6,028 tested, 3 percent positive); May 5: 173 cases (5,951 tested, 2.9 percent positive). Two deaths

Texas (as of May 6)

438,938 tested; May 5: 427,210

34,422 positive (7.84 percent); May 5: 33,369 (7.8 percent)

1,812 currently hospitalized; May 5: 1,888

17,622 recoveries; May 5: 16,791

948 deaths: May 5: 906

El Paso County: 1,080 cases, 22 deaths, 514 recoveries, 71 currently hospitalized