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COVID-19 Statistics (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 updates) New Mexico 25,352 cases, 760,874 tests (3.332% pos), 779 died, 12,960 rec, 65 hosp. Aug 30: 25,283 cases, 756,933 tests (3.34%), 770 died, 12,913 rec, 66 hosp.
Aug 25 (statewide): Spread rate: 0.91 (10-day rolling average), goal: 1.05: 118 (7-day roll. aver.), goal: 168; 6,532 tests per day (7-day roll aver.), goal: 5,000.
Doña Ana County 2,827 cases, 67,795 tests (4.17% pos), 43 died, 1,533 rec. Aug 30: 2,819 cases, 67,533 tests (4.173%), 41 died, 1,529 rec.
Regional hospitalizations, Doña Ana, Luna, Catron, Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties: Aug 26: 13 COVID-19 admissions; 50 of 112 ICU beds, 13 of 82 ventilators in use. Aug 19: 17 adms; 47 ICU, 17 vents. Aug 12: 21 adms; 55 ICU, 14 vents. (ICU/vent are for all patients, not just COVID.)
Texas 612,969 cases, 5,418,724 tests (11.3312% pos), 12,536 died, 507,449 rec, 4,203 hosp. Aug 30: 610,354 cases, 5,345,631 tests (11.4178%), 12,510 died, 499,518 rec, 4,172 hosp.
El Paso County 20,460 cases, 149,301 tests (13.704% pos), 419 died, 16,906 rec, 124 hosp. Aug 30: 20,350 cases, 148,524 tests (13.7%), 16,831 rec.
Mexico 595,841 cases, 64,158 died, 412,580 rec. Aug 28: 579,914 cases, 62,594 died, 400,479 rec.
Estado Chihuahua Aug 30: 11,595 cases, 1,147 died, 5,633 rec.
Ciudad Juarez Aug 30: 5,932 cases, 762 died.
USA 6,008,376 cases, 182,986 died, 3,202,457 rec. Aug 28: 5,900,407 cases, 181,118 died, 3,119,728 rec.
Worldwide 25,051,178 cases (3,222/m), 843,586 died, 16,451,018 rec. Aug 28: 24,466,482 cases (3,146/m), 831,827 died, 16,000,137 rec.
Population 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 11 N.M. announces first cases, declares public health emergency Mar 13 U.S. declares national health emergency Mar 23 N.M. closes nonessential businesses, prohibits mass gatherings June 1 N.M. allows indoor dining, gyms at 50% capacity; retail stores, malls, houses of worship at 25% Jul 13 N.M. bans indoor dining; limits gyms, close-contact businesses to 25% capacity. Aug 29 N.M. restores indoor dining at 25% capacity; increases houses of worship to 40%; museums with static displays can open at 25%; mass gatherings limited to 10. (Current N.M. public health orders are in effect thru Friday, Sept. 18.)
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 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. 80% of infections are mild or asymptomatic, 20% are more serious, with difficulty breathing; about 40% of those infected are asymptomatic.
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 have died annually of flu since 2010.
COVID-19 Information Online
World Health Organization www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
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/
New Mexico Department of Health additional resources https://cv.nmhealth.org/
City of Las Cruces www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx and covid19lascruces.com
Doña Ana County/Joint Information Center 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
