COVID-19 update: Friday, July 17, 2020

COVID-19 Statistics (Updates for Friday, July 17, 2020)

New Mexico 16,456 cases, 452,298 tests (3.64% pos), 565 died, 6,654 recovered, 166 hospitalized. July 16: 16,138 cases, 443,368 tests (3.64%), 562 died, 6,578 recovered, 170 hospitalized.

Doña Ana County 1,645 cases, 40,614 tests (4.05% pos), 12 died, 634 recovered. July 16: 1,610 cases, 40,076 tests (4.02%), 12 died, 621 recovered.

Regional hospital report: 36 positive COVID-19 admissions reported July 15 in hospitals in Doña Ana, Catron, Socorro, Grant, Sierra, Luna, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties, with 112 ICU beds (65 in use), 84 ventilators (14 in use) available; no report on how many ICU beds/ventilators are being used by COVID-19 patients.

Texas 307,572 cases, 3,067,620 tests (10.0265% pos), 3,735 died, 162,191 recovered, 10,632 hospitalized. July 16: 282,365 cases, 2,993,102 tests (9.434%), 3,561 died, 155,937 recovered, 10,457 hospitalized.

El Paso County 10,843 cases, 63,254 tests (17.15% pos), 177 died, 7,067 recovered, 268 hospitalized. July 16: 10,638 cases, 62,877 tests (16.92%), 173 died, 6,757 recovered, 272 hospitalized.

Mexico 324,041 cases, 37,574 died, 203,464 recovered. July 16: 317,635 cases, 36,906 died, 199,129 recovered.

Estado de Chihuahua 6,386 cases, 801 died, 2,070 recovered. July 16: 6,219 cases, 797 died.

Ciudad Juarez 3,567 cases, 601 died, 1,406 recovered. July 16: 3,478 cases, 599 died.

United States 3,677,453 cases, 140,888 died, 1,076,823 recovered. July 16: 3,533,905 cases, 138,358 died, 1,026,816 recovered.

Canada 109,516 cases, 8,837 died, 96,623 recovered. July 16: 108,719 cases, 8,810 died, 72,377 recovered.

Worldwide 13,885,746 cases (1,786/M), 592,573 died, 7,779,604 recovered. July 16: 13,575,040 cases (1,746/M), 584,556 died, 7,596,551 recovered.

Population estimates Worldwide 7.8B; United States 329.5M, New Mexico 2.1M, Doña Ana County 218T; Texas 29.9M, El Paso County 841T; Mexico 129M, Estado de Chihuahua 3M, Ciudad Juarez 1.5M; Canada 37.74M

What is COVID-19?  (who.int)

Several coronaviruses cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to the more severe Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The newest coronavirus causes COVID-19 (for coronavirus disease 2019), unknown before it began in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The most common symptoms are fever, dry cough and tiredness. Less common symptoms include aches and pains, nasal congestion, headache, conjunctivitis, sore throat, diarrhea, loss of taste or smell or a skin rash or discoloration of fingers or toes. Symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. Some people become infected but only have very mild symptoms. About 80 percent recover without needing hospital treatment. About 20 become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing. Older people and those with underlying medical problems like high blood pressure, heart and lung problems, diabetes or cancer are at higher risk of serious illness.

Timeline

Dec. 31, 2019 Wuhan, China confirms cases; Jan. 21, 2020 First U.S. cases reported; Jan. 30 World Health Organization (WHO) declares global health emergency; Feb. 29 First U.S. death reported; March 13 Trump declares national emergency; March 23 New Mexico public health order closes non-essential businesses

Online

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

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

International 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

Doña Ana County and Joint Information Center www.donaanacounty.org/news/covid19