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COVID-19 Statistics (Friday, July 24, 2020 updates)
New Mexico 18,479 cases, 505,199 tests (3.658% pos), 601 died, 7,156 recovered, 161 hospitalized. July 23: 18,163 cases, 496,985 tests (3.655%), 596 died, 7,056 recovered, 167 hospitalized.
Doña Ana County 1,906 cases, 46,383 tests (4.11% pos), 16 died, 710 recovered. July 23: 1,864 cases, 45,614 tests (4.087%), 15 died, 697 recovered.
Southwest New Mexico transmission rate: Transmission rate (number of additional cases generated by each positive case) for NMDOH’s southwest region, including Doña Ana County, was .9 this week, below NMDOH’s goal of 1.0. The statewide rate was 1.0, according to Salina Torres, Ph.D., New Mexico Department of Health Epidemiology and Response Division, at the July 24 Las Cruces City Council special meeting.
Regional hospitals: For hospitals in Doña Ana, Catron, Socorro, Grant, Sierra, Luna, Lincoln, Hidalgo and Otero counties: July 21: 28 positive COVID admissions; 57 (of 112 available) ICU beds, 11 ventilators (of 82 available) in use. July 15: 36 positive COVID admissions; 65 ICU beds, 14 ventilators in use. ICU/ventilator figures are for all patients; no breakdown of how many being used by COVID-19 patients.
Texas 369,826 cases, 3,539,452 tests, 4,717 died, 212,216 recovered, 10,036 hospitalized. July 23: 361,125 cases, 3,396,677 tests, 4,521 died, 203,826 recovered. (The Texas Department of State Health Services is changing how it reports COVID-19 numbers.)
El Paso County 12,750 cases, 71,556 (17.82% pos), tests, 218 died, 9,114 recovered, 317 hospitalized. July 23: 12,501 cases, 71,148 tests (17.5%), 211 died, 8,726 recovered, 310 hospitalized.
Mexico 370,712 cases, 41,908 died, 236,209 recovered. July 23: 362,274 cases, 41,190 died, 231,403 recovered.
Estado de Chihuahua 7,249 cases, 856 died, 2,289 recovered. July 23: 7,109 cases, 845 died, 2,222 recovered.
Ciudad Juarez 4,065 cases, 634 died, 1,552 recovered. July 23: 3,991 cases, 630 died, 1,501 recovered.
United States 4,106,615 cases, 146,419 died, 1,226,670 recovered. July 23: 4,038,967 cases, 145,384 died, 1,199,314 recovered.
Canada 112,672 cases, 8,874 died, 98,519 recovered. July 23: 112,240 cases, 8,870 died, 98,142 recovered.
Worldwide 15,526,057 cases (1,997/M), 633,656 died, 8,873,385 recovered. July 23: 15,250,804 cases (1,961/M), 623,897 died, 8,665,727 recovered.
Population 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? (World Health Organization)
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 (coronavirus disease 2019), unknown before cases were 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, 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. About 80 percent recover without hospitalization. About 20 percent 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 First cases confirmed in Wuhan, China Jan. 21, 2020 First cases reported in United States Jan. 30 World Health Organization declares global health emergency Feb. 29 First U.S. death reported March 13 U.S. declares national health emergency March 23 New Mexico public health order closes non-essential businesses June 1 New Mexico public health order allows limited indoor dining at restaurants, breweries
July 13 New Mexico public health order prohibits indoor dining at restaurants, breweries; gyms, tattoo parlors, salons, other close-contact businesses limited to 25 percent of capacity.
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
