Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Fair, 57°Wind: 6.9 mph, W
Welcome to our new web site!
To give our readers a chance to experience all that our new website has to offer, we have made all content freely avaiable, through October 1, 2018.
During this time, print and digital subscribers will not need to log in to view our stories or e-editions.
COVID-19 Statistics (Tuesday, July 28, 2020 updates)
New Mexico 19,791 cases, 536,853 tests (3.687% pos), 626 died, 7,657 recovered, 160 hospitalized. July 27: 19,502 cases, 528,890 tests (3.657%), 619 died, 7,459 recovered, 159 hospitalized.
Doña Ana County 2,082 cases, 49,168 tests (4.235% pos), 19 died, 790 recovered. July 27: 12,064 cases, 48,517 tests (4.255%), 17 died, 763 recovered.
Regional hospitalizations in Doña Ana, Catron, Socorro, Grant, Sierra, Luna, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties:
July 24: 31 positive COVID admissions; 64 (of 112 available) ICU beds, 16 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 available of how many are in use by COVID-19 patients.)
Texas 394,265 cases, 3,777,263 tests (10.389% pos), 5,877 died, 244,449 recovered, 9,593 hospitalized. July 27: 385,923 cases, 3,714,821 tests (10.389%), 5,713 died, 229,107 recovered, 9,781 hospitalized.
El Paso County 13,552 cases, 74,746 tests (18.13% pos), 239 died, 9,942 recovered, 283 hospitalized. July 27: 13,327 cases, 74,125 tests (17.98%), 230 died, 9,671 recovered, 289 hospitalized.
Mexico 395,489 cases, 44,022 died, 256,777 recovered. July 27: 390,516 cases, 43,680 died, 251,505 recovered.
Estado de Chihuahua 7,707 cases, 885 died, 2,496 recovered. July 27: 7,542 cases, 869 died, 2,374 recovered.
Ciudad Juarez 4,288 cases, 648 died. July 27: 4,198 cases, 639 died.
United States 4,376,053 cases, 150,263 died, 1,312,621 recovered. July 24: 4,106,615 cases, 146,419 died, 1,226,670 recovered.
Canada 114,597 cases, 8,901 died, 99,860 recovered. July 27: 114,175 cases, 8,891 died, 99,531 recovered.
Worldwide 16,495,309 cases (2,121/M), 654,327 died, 9,590,929 recovered. July 27: 16,296,635 cases (2,096/M), 649,662 died, 9,431,033 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 and covid19lascruces.com
Doña Ana County and Joint Information Center www.donaanacounty.org
