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CORONAVIRUS

COVID-19 update: Friday, Aug. 21

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COVID-19 Statistics (Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 updates)

New Mexico 24,095 cases, 704,955 tests (3.418% pos), 739 died, 11,312 recovered, 65 hospitalized. Aug 20: 23,951 cases, 694,824 tests (3.447%), 734 died, 11,145 recovered, 74 hospitalized.

Doña Ana County 2,699 cases, 63,957 tests (4.22% pos), 37 died, 1,332recovered. Aug 20: 2,685 cases, 63,293 tests (4.234%), 37 died, 1,311recovered.

Regional hospitalizations (Doña Ana, Luna, Catron, Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties) Aug 19: 17 COVID admissions; 47 of 112 ICU beds, 17 of 82 ventilators in use. Aug 12: 21 admissions; 55 ICU beds, 14 vents. Aug 4: 24 admissions; 58 ICU beds, 16 vents. ICU/vent figures include all patients, not just COVID-19.

Texas 567,580 cases, 5,004,384 tests (11.3417% pos), 11,051 died, 438,825 recovered, 5,635 hospitalized. Aug 20: 562,559 cases, 4,937,332 tests (11.394%), 10,793 died, 431,960 recovered, 5,566 hospitalized.

El Paso County 19,177 cases, 128,869 tests (14.84% pos), 386 died, 15,060 recovered, 166 hospitalized. Aug 20: 19,057 cases, 127,307 tests (14.957%), 382 died, 14,475 recovered, 161 hospitalized.

Mexico 543,806 cases, 59,106 died, 371,638 recovered. Aug 20: 537,031 cases, 58,481 died, 367,537 rec.

Estado Chihuahua 10,564 cases, 1,090 died, 5,127 recovered. Aug 20: 10,353 cases, 1,086 died, 5,010 rec.

Ciudad Juarez 5,583 cases, 734 died. Aug 20: 5,448 cases, 734 died.

USA 5,600,607 cases, 174,380 died, 2,852,221 rec. Aug 20: 5,550,029 cases, 173,306 died, 2,852,221 rec.

Canada 124,099 cases, 9,060 died, 110,793 recovered. Aug 20: 123,653 cases, 9,051 died, 110,049 rec.

Worldwide 22,589,017 cases (2,905/m), 792,475 died, 14,457,309 recovered. Aug 20: 22,427,054 cases (2,884/m), 788,015 died, 14,349,473 recovered.

Population estimates Worldwide 7.8b; United States 330m, New Mexico 2.1m, Doña Ana County 218t; Texas 30m, El Paso County 841t; Mexico 129m, Estado de Chihuahua 3.77m, Ciudad Juarez 1.5m; Canada 38m.

COVID-19 Timeline 

Dec 31, 2019 First cases confirmed in Wuhan, China Jan 21, 2020 First U.S. case confirmed, in Washington State Jan 30 World Health Organization declares global health emergency Feb 29 First U.S. death reported, in Washington State Mar 13 U.S. declares national health emergency Mar 23 N.M. closes nonessential businesses June 1 N.M. allows limited indoor dining Jul 13 N.M. bans indoor dining, limits close-contact businesses to 25% of capacity. (Current N.M. public health orders in effect through Friday, Aug. 28.)

What is COVID-19?  

Coronaviruses cause diseases in mammals and birds. They were discovered in 1931 among domesticated chickens in North Dakota. The first human coronavirus, discovered in 1965, was isolated in the U.S. and the UK. At least seven strains of human coronavirus are known. The name comes from the Latin corona (“crown”) because of protein spikes on the surface of the virus that create a crown-like appearance.

Coronaviruses cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The newest coronavirus causes COVID-19 (COronaVIrus Disease 2019), first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The most common symptoms are fever, dry cough and tiredness; less common are aches and pains, nasal congestion, headache, sore throat, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, loss of taste or smell, skin rash or discoloration of fingers or toes. Symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. About 80 percent of people who contract COVID-19 recover without hospitalization; about 20 percent become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing. Older people and those with underlying medical issues are at higher risk of serious illness.

A different virus, H1N1 influenza A, has caused two global pandemics: 1) Spanish Flu (Feb 1918-Apr 1920, up to 500m infected, 50m died; world pop: 1.8b); 2) Swine Flu (Jan 2009-Aug 2010; 491,382 known/700m-1.4b estimated infected, 150-575t died; world pop: 6.8b). Worldwide: 250-500t seasonal flu deaths annually. U.S.: 39-56m infected, 410-740t hospitalized, 24-62t died during 2019-20 flu season (Oct 1, 2019-Apr 4, 2020); 9-45m infected, 140-810t hospitalized, 12-61t died annually of flu since 2010.

COVID-19 Information Online

World Health Organization www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov

Global COVID-19 statistics https://news.google.com/covid19/map?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

New Mexico Department of Health https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html

New Mexico public health orders https://cv.nmhealth.org/public-health-orders-and-executive-orders/

City of Las Cruces www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx and covid19lascruces.com

Doña Ana County/Joint Information Center/local, state, national services www.donaanacounty.org

Texas Department of State Health Services www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus

El Paso County COVID-19 statistics http://epstrong.org/results.php

COVID-19, Coronavirus

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