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COVID-19 Statistics (Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 updates)
New Mexico 22,987cases, 650,491 tests (3.534% pos), 697 died, 9,980 recovered, 128 hospitalized. Aug 12: 22,816 cases, 644,823 tests (3.538%), 695 died, 9,744 recovered, 119 hospitalized.
Doña Ana County 2,572 cases, 59,746 tests (4.3% pos), 31 died, 1,153 recovered. Aug 12: 2,554 cases, 59,183 tests (4.32%), 31 died, 1,129 recovered.
Regional hospitalizations Aug 12: 21 COVID admissions; 55 of 112 ICU beds, 14 of 82 ventilators in use. Aug 11: 24 admissions; 49 ICU beds, 11 ventilators. Aug 10: 26 admissions; 56 ICU beds, 11 ventilators. Aug 4: 24 admissions; 58 ICU beds, 16 ventilators. (ICU/ventilator figures include all patients, not just COVID-19.) Hospitals are in Doña Ana, Luna, Catron, Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln, Hidalgo and Otero counties.
Texas 513,575 cases, 4,611,777 tests (11.1362% pos), 9,289 died, 375,760 recovered, 6,879 hospitalized. Aug 12: 506,820 cases, 4,549,474 tests (11.14%), 9,034 died, 367,354 recovered, 7,028 hospitalized.
El Paso County 17,378 cases, 112,496 tests (15.45% pos), 330 died, 12,882 recovered, 194 hospitalized. Aug 12: 17,210 cases, 111,098 tests (15.55%), 310 died, 12,551 recovered, 185 hospitalized.
Mexico 498,380 cases, 54,666 died, 336,635 recovered. Aug 12: 492,522 cases, 53,929 died, 332,800 recovered.
Estado de Chihuahua 9,499 cases, 1,030 died. Aug 12: 9,405 cases, 1,016 died, 3,923 recovered.
Ciudad Juarez 5,065 cases, 711 died. Aug 12: 5,035 cases, 706 died.
United States 5,217,094 cases, 166,100 died, 2,675,302 recovered. Aug 12: 5,171,191 cases, 164,952 died, 2,632,224 recovered.
Canada 121,018 cases, 9,012 died, 107,419 recovered. Aug 12: 120,638 cases, 9,004 died, 107,043 recovered.
Worldwide 20,624,316 cases (2,652/M), 749,421 died, 12,831,800 recovered. Aug 12: 20,423,897 cases (2,627/M), 744,648 died, 12,631,548 recovered.
Population estimates 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.
What is COVID-19?
Coronaviruses, which cause diseases in mammals and birds, were first discovered in 1931 among domesticated chickens in North Dakota. The first human coronavirus, discovered in 1965, was isolated in the U.S. and the United Kingdom. At least seven strains of human coronavirus are known to exist. The name comes from the Latin word corona (“crown”) because of protein spikes on the surface of the virus that create a crown-like appearance.
Coronaviruses cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The newest coronavirus causes COVID-19 (COronaVIrus Disease 2019), which was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry cough and 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. About 80 percent of people who contract COVID-19 recover without hospitalization; about 20 percent become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing. Older people and those with underlying medical issues are at higher risk of serious illness.
The Spanish Flu pandemic (February 1918-April 1920) was caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus, which also caused the Swine Flu pandemic (January 2009-August 2010).
COVID-19 Timeline
Dec 31, 2019 First cases confirmed in Wuhan, China Jan 21, 2020 First U.S. case confirmed, in Washington State Jan 30 World Health Organization declares global health emergency Feb 29 First U.S. death reported, in Washington State Mar 13 U.S. declares national health emergency Mar 23 New Mexico closes nonessential businesses June 1 New Mexico allows limited indoor dining Jul 13 New Mexico bans indoor dining, limits close-contact businesses to 25% of capacity. (Current public health orders in effect through Friday, Aug. 28.)
COVID-19 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/Joint Information Center/local, statewide, national services www.donaanacounty.org
Texas Department of State Health Services www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus
El Paso County COVID-19 statistics http://epstrong.org/results.php
