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CORONAVIRUS

COVID-19 update: Monday, Nov. 9

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As state continues to increase testing: Doña Ana County: 146 new cases, New Mexico: 1,214; El Paso County has 899

Updated 8:50 a.m. MST Monday, Nov. 9, 2020

pos=positive; rec=recovered; hosp=hospitalized; cap=capacity; b=billion; m=million; t=thousand

New Mexico Nov 8: 54,881 cases, 1,230,205 tests (4.4611% pos), 1,082 died, 22,459 rec. 400 hosp. Nov 4: 51,110 cases, 1,230,205 tests (4.1546% pos), 1,082 died, 22,459 rec. 400 hosp.

Doña Ana County Nov 8: 8,234 cases, 115,204 tests (7.147% pos), 102 died, 2,912 rec. Nov 4: 7,627 cases, 113,300 tests (6.7315% pos), 97 died, 2,864 rec.

Regional hospitals (Doña Ana, Luna, Catron, Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties) Nov 4: 109 cases, 66 of 127 ICU beds, 37 of 75 ventilators in use. Oct 28: 112 cases, 69/101 ICU, 27/75 vents. Oct 20: 66 cases, 61/112 ICU, 22/82 vents. Oct 7: 30 cases; 65 ICU, 21 vents. Sep 30: 22 cases; 56 ICU, 17 vents. Sep 16: 7 cases; 52 ICU, 17 vents. Sep 8: 9 cases; 53 ICU, 17 vents. Aug 26: 13 cases; 50 ICU, 13 vents. Aug 19: 17 cases; 47 ICU, 17 vents. ICU beds and ventilators are all patients, not just COVID-19.

Texas Nov 8: 956,344 cases, 18,743 died, 820,215 rec, 6,080 hosp. Nov 4: 934,994 cases, 18,453 died, 802,611 rec, 5,954 hosp. (Lab test pos: Nov 7: 11.76%, Nov 4: 11.05%, Nov 3: 10.75%, Nov 2: 10.54%, Nov 1: 10.58%, Oct 31: 10.42%, Oct 28: 10.10%, Oct 27: 10.04%, Oct 26: 9.9%, Oct 25: 9.58%, Oct 24: 9.46%, Oct 21: 8.86%, Oct 20: 8.72%, Oct 18: 8.57%)

El Paso County Nov 9: 64,158 cases, 512,535 tests (12.52% pos; 7-day aver: 20.05%), 673 died, 36,193 rec, 1,028 hosp.  Nov 5: 59,852 cases, 488,715 tests (12.25% pos; 7-day aver: 24.24%), 657 died, 35,178 rec, 1,049 hosp.

Mexico Nov 9: 967,825 cases, 7,646/m, 95,027 died. Nov 5: 949,197 cases, 7,499/m, 93,772 died.

Estado Chihuahua Nov 8: 29,356 cases, 2,371 died, 13,907 rec. Nov 4: 27,668 cases, 2,162 died, 13,216 rec.

Ciudad Juarez Nov 8: 16,345 cases, 1,504 died. Nov 4: 15,247 cases, 1,370 died.

United States Nov 9: 10,060,657 cases, 30,528/m, 238,031 died. Nov 5: 9,698,100 cases, 29,428/m, 235,331 died.

World Nov 9: 50,539,082 cases, 6,500/m, 1,258,230 died. Nov 5: 48,813,769 cases, 6,278/m, 1,235,479 died.

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, Wuhan, China Jan 21, 2020 First U.S. case confirmed, Washington State Jan 30 World Health Organization declares global health emergency Feb 29 First U.S. death, Washington State Mar 11 NM reports first cases, declares public health emergency Mar 13 U.S. declares national health emergency Mar 23 NM closes nonessential businesses, prohibits mass gatherings June 1 NM allows indoor dining, gyms at 50% cap; retail stores, malls, houses of worship at 25% Jul 13 NM bans indoor dining; limits gyms, close-contact businesses to 25% cap Aug 29 NM restores indoor dining at 25% cap; increases houses of worship to 40%; museums with static displays can open at 25% cap; public gatherings limited to 10 Sep 18 NM permits youth sports conditioning, state park overnight camping, swimming pools to open, each in groups up to 10 Oct 16: NM limits public gatherings to 5; max hotel occupancy 60%/ state-certified, 25%/non-certified; 10 p.m. close for businesses serving alcohol Oct. 23: NM restaurants, breweries, retail stores, gyms, salons, close for 2 weeks if 4 positive tests in 14 days; state museums, cultural sites closed; 10 p.m. close for retail stores; restaurants, breweries must test, train employees, log onsite diners. Oct 27: Las Cruces closes all indoor recreation facilities except aquatic center for 7 days, increases security to ensure face masks worn, retail-store capacity adhered to.

What is COVID-19?  

Coronaviruses cause diseases in mammals and birds. They were discovered in 1931 in domesticated chickens in North Dakota. The first human coronavirus was isolated in the U.S. and U.K. in 1965. At least seven strains of human coronavirus are known. Coronaviruses cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The name comes from the Latin corona (“crown”) because of protein spikes on the virus’ surface that resemble crowns.

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, 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.

H1N1 influenza A (a different virus) caused two global pandemics: 1) Spanish Flu: Feb 1918-Apr 1920, up to 500m cases, 50m died, world pop: 1.8b; 2) Swine Flu: Jan 2009-Aug 2010; 491,382 known/700m-1.4b estimated cases, 150-575t died, world pop: 6.8b. (Influenza (flu) is a virus that attacks the respiratory system.)

Other flu pandemics. 1957-58: 2m died worldwide, 70k in U.S.; 1968-69: 1m died worldwide, 34t in U.S.

Seasonal flu. U.S.: Oct 1, 2019-Apr 4, 2020 (flu season): 39-56m cases, 410-740t hosp, 24-62t died. Annually since 2010: 9-45m cases, 140-810t hosp, 12-61t died. Worldwide: 250-500t annual flu deaths.

COVID-19 Information Online

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

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

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

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/

NMDOH additional resources https://cv.nmhealth.org/

Doña Ana County/Joint Information Center www.donaanacounty.org

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

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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