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CORONAVIRUS

COVID-19 Update: Thursday, April 29

Posted

Update: 10:45 a.m. MDT Thursday, April 29, 2021 (most current data has date in blue)

COVID-19 NEW CASES: ONE-DAY COUNTS

Current: Doña Ana County 34, NM 248; El Paso County 174, Texas 2,871

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April 26: Doña Ana County 65*, NM 673*; El Paso County 73, Texas 1,390; U.S. 33,662

April 21: Doña Ana County 17, NM 187; El Paso County 192, Texas 3,503; U.S. 64,858

April 20: Doña Ana County 81*, NM 638*; El Paso County 77, Texas 1,073; U.S. 70,355

April 15: Doña Ana County 20, NM 222; El Paso County 147, Texas 2,267; U.S. 75,267

*N.M. Dept. of Health has begun combining Saturday, Sunday and Monday totals into a single figure.

 

NEW MEXICO (2.11 million residents) • https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html • www.togethernm.org

Apr 28: 197,218 cases (248 new), 3,251,487 tests, 7-day aver: 2.18%, 4,051 died, 178,003 recovered, 136 hospitalized

Hospital beds (last week): 69% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 76% occupied, 5% by COVID patients

Apr 26: 196,844 cases (673* new), 3,235,952 tests, 7-day aver: 2.1%, 4,027 died, 177,866 recovered, 112 hospitalized

Hospital beds (last week): 69% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 76% occupied, 5% by COVID patients

Apr 21: 195,783 cases (187 new), 3,185,566 tests, 7-day aver: 2.22%, 4,020 died, 177,084 recovered, 124 hospitalized

Hospital beds (last week): 69% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 77% occupied, 5% by COVID patients

Apr 19: 195,478 cases (638* new), 3,170,963 tests, 7-day aver: 2.33%, 4,007 died, 176,762 recovered, 114 hospitalized

Hospital beds (last week): 69% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 77% occupied, 5% by COVID patients

Record high one-day totals: 3,665 cases (Nov 19), 67 deaths (Dec 9), 35,627 tests (Dec 25)

Vaccine                   • vaccineNM.org/facts         • https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html

All New Mexicans 16+ are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Register at vaccineNM.org.

Apr 28: 1,644,509 doses given (87,213 in last 7 days), 41.6% fully vaccinated (57.5% at least one dose), 1,680,605 eligible

Apr 26: 1,623,492 doses given, 40.8% fully vaccinated (57% at least one dose), 1,680,605 eligible to receive vaccine

Apr 21: 1,599,913 doses given, 39.4% fully vaccinated (57% at least one dose), 1,680,605 eligible to receive vaccine

Apr 19: 1,569,549 doses given, 38.3% fully vaccinated (56.4% at least one dose), 1,680,605 eligible to receive vaccine

 

Red to Green (all 33 NM counties)        • https://cv.nmhealth.org/public-health-orders-and-executive-orders/red-to-green

Apr 6-19: Red 1 (Colfax), Yellow 15, Green 3, Trq 14           Mar 23-Apr 5: Red 0, Yellow 10, Green 3, Turquoise 20

Mar 9-22: Red 0, Yellow 10, Green 10, Turquoise 13          Feb 23-Mar 8: red 1 (Guadalupe), yellow 18, green 7, turquoise 7

Feb 9-22: red 4 (Doña Ana, Eddy, McKinley, Otero), yellow 19, green 6, turquoise 4         

Jan 12-25: red 25, yellow 7, green 1 (Harding)                    Jan 26-Feb 9: red 14, yellow 15, green 4

Dec 15-28: red 32, yellow 1 (Catron), green 0                      Dec 29-Jan 13: red 31, yellow 1 (Union), green 1 (Harding)

NM Dept. of Health red to green tiered risk system began Dec 2; red: Greater than 8 cases/100,000 AND pos rate above 5%; yellow: Either greater than 8 cases/100,000 OR pos rate above 5%; green:  8 or fewer cases/100,000 AND pos rate at or below 5%. turquoise (added Feb 24): 8 or fewer cases/100,000 AND pos rate at or below 5% over 4 weeks. Next update: May 5.

DONA ANA COUNTY (218,836)            • www.donaanacounty.org/news/covid19    • www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx

Apr 28: 24,543 cases (34 new), 305,579 tests, 445 died, 22,507 rec; 7-day aver: 8.55/100,000 (2.69%); 14-day aver: 3.11%

Vaccine: 55.2% partially vaccinated, 40.7% fully vaccinated; 59.1% registered for vaccine

Apr 26: 24,514 cases (65* new), 304,657 tests, 439 died, 22,487 rec; 7-day aver: 9.4/100,000 (2.86%); 14-day aver: 3.25%

Vaccine: 52.1% partially vaccinated, 37.7% fully vaccinated; 58.7% registered for vaccine; 132,834 total doses distributed

Apr 21: 24,396 cases (17 new), 300,763 tests, 437 died, 22,371 rec; 7-day aver: 11.2/100,000 (3.36%); 14-day aver: 3.82%

Vaccine: 52.1% partially vaccinated, 37.7% fully vaccinated; 58.1% registered for vaccine; 132,834 total doses distributed

Apr 19: 24,370 cases (81* new), 299,629 tests, 434 died, 22,310 rec; 7-day aver: 11.6/100,000 (3.65%); 14-day aver: 4%

Vaccine: 48.5% partially vaccinated, 34.6% fully vaccinated; 59.1% registered for vaccine; 132,834 total doses distributed

Red to Green (Doña Ana County)

Apr 6-19: 12.3/100,000 4.76% pos rate (yellow)                Mar 23-Apr 5: 11.2/100,000 3.85% pos rate (yellow) Mar 9-22: 15.2/100,000 4.06% pos rate (yellow)                     Feb 23-Mar 8: 19/100,000 4.72% pos rate (yellow)                 Feb 9-22: 27.2/100,000 6.77% pos rate (red)                           Jan 26-Feb 9: 20.9/100,000 4.33% pos rate (yellow)              Jan 12-25: 39.6 cases/100,000, 9.46% pos rate (red)        Dec 29-Jan 13: 49/100,000, 12.96% pos rate (red)       Dec 15-28: 43.7/100,000, 12.82% pos rate (red)                    Dec 1-14: 56.6/100,000, 12.86% pos rate (red)             Nov 17-30: 91.8 cases/100,000, 20.3% pos rate (red)

TEXAS (29.4 million)                                          • https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/AdditionalData.aspx

Apr 28: 2,464,876 cases (2,871 new), 27,936,087 tests, 49,091 died, 2,734,819 recovered, 2,779 hospitalized

Vaccine: 18,395,582 doses given, 6,882,479 (23.98%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 71% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 82% occupied, 10% by COVID patients

Apr 26: 2,448,662 cases (1,390 new), 27,835,375 tests, 48,973 died, 2,725,679 recovered, 2,718 hospitalized

Vaccine: 18,093,739 doses given, 6,705,516 (23.36%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 71% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 83% occupied, 10% by COVID patients

Apr 21: 2,448,662 cases (3,503 new), 27,357,715 tests, 48,759 died, 2,702,829 recovered, 2,887 hospitalized

Vaccine: 17,065,670 doses given, 6,115,515 (21.31%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 72% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 81% occupied, 10% by COVID patients

Apr 19: 2,440,986 cases (1,073 new), 27,189,276 tests, 48,620 died, 2,705,278 recovered, 2,864 hospitalized

Vaccine: 16,745,114 doses given, 5,946,152 (20.72%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 72% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 81% occupied, 10% by COVID patients

EL PASO COUNTY (963,000)                                         • www.epstrong.org/results.php         • www.epcovidvaccine.com

Apr 29: 133,982 cases (174 new), 1,276,082 tests (10.5% pos, 7-day aver: 3.53%), 2,535 died, 128,925 rec, 153 hosp (ICU 48)

Apr 27: 133,533 cases (73 new), 1,260,144 tests (10.6% pos, 7-day aver: 4.67%), 2,518 died, 128,555 rec, 177 hosp (ICU 49)

Apr 22: 132,892 cases (192 new), 1,245,253 tests (10.67% pos, 7-day aver: 4.49%), 2,504 died, 127,632 rec, 167 hosp (ICU 47)

Apr 20: 132,448 cases (77 new), 1,232,921 tests (10.76% pos, 7-day aver: 7.91%), 2,499 died, 127,288 rec, 165 hosp (ICU 50)

Apr 15: 131,898 cases (147 new), 1,204,822 tests (10.92% pos, 7-day aver: 6.23%), 2,491 died, 126,815 rec, 180 hosp (ICU 56)

MEXICO (130.26 million)

Apr 29: 2,336,944 cases, 215,918 deaths; 6,096,954 fully vaccinated

Apr 27: 2,328,391 cases (1,653 new), 18,395 per million; 214,947 died

Vaccine: 16,410,034 doses given, 195,550 one day, 5,830,079 (4.6%) fully vaccinated

Apr 22: 2,315,811 cases (4,639 new), 18,296 per million; 213,597 died

Vaccine: 15,003,610 doses given, 432,101 one day, 4,512,826 (3.6%) fully vaccinated

Apr 20: 2,306,910 cases (1,308 new), 18,225 per million; 212,466 died

Vaccine: 14,368,074 doses given, 127,244 one day, 3,927,307 (3.1%) fully vaccinated

STATE OF CHIHUAHUA (3.742 million)

Apr 28: 64,060 cases, 6,505 died, 53,501 recovered

Apr 23: 63,077 cases, 6,317 died, 52,957 recovered

Apr 21: 62,508 cases, 6,211 died, 52,746 recovered

Apr 19: 62,169 cases, 6,142 died, 52,584 recovered

CUIDAD JUAREZ (1.54 million)

Apr 28: 30,820 cases, 3,170 died

Apr 23: 30,604 cases, 3,062 died

Apr 21: 30,488 cases, 3,009 died

Apr 19: 30,414 cases, 2,984 died

UNITED STATES (331.5 million)  

Apr 29: 32,229,751 cases, 574,355 died

Vaccine: no update

Apr 27: 32,103,720 cases (33,662 new), 97,415 per million; 571,753 died

Vaccine: 228,661,408 doses given, 3,020,948 one day, 94,772,329 (28.8%) fully vaccinated

Apr 22: 31,885,049 cases (64,858 new), 96,751 per million; 568,962 died

Vaccine: 215,951,909 doses given, 2,563,671 one day, 87,592,646 (26.6%) fully vaccinated

Apr 20: 31,761,258 cases (70,355 new), 96,376 per million; 567,287 died

Vaccine: 211,581,309 doses given, 2,174,495 one day, 85,365,180 (25.9%) fully vaccinated

WORLDWIDE (7.795 billion)                    • https://news.google.com/covid19/map

Apr 29: 149,759,370 million cases, 3,153,746 million deaths

Apr 27: 147,211,802 cases, 18,932 per million; 3,110,124 died

Vaccine: 1,025,601,967 doses given, 17,249,951 one day, 238,692,256 (3.1%) fully vaccinated

Apr 22: 140,849,925 cases, 18,114 per million; 3,013,217 died (no update from Tuesday)

Vaccine: 950,501,293 doses given, 15,840,918 one day, 217,049,143 (2.8%) fully vaccinated

Apr 20: 140,849,925 cases, 18,114 per million; 3,013,217 died

Vaccine: 919,581,309 doses given, 12,696,797 one day, 207,978,809 (2.7%) fully vaccinated

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