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CORONAVIRUS

COVID-19 update: Thursday, Nov. 5

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Doña Ana County has 197 new COVID-19 cases, New Mexico: 1,022 new cases, El Paso County: 1,920

Updated 8:05 a.m. MST Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020

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

New Mexico Nov 4: 50,251 cases, 1,218,805 tests (4.129% pos), 1,059 died, 22,274 rec. 393 hosp. Nov 3: 49,240 cases, 1,202,347 tests (4.09239% pos), 1,045 died, 21,942 rec. 401 hosp.

Doña Ana County Nov 4: 7,492 cases, 110,887 tests (6.757% pos), 90 died, 2,837 rec. Nov 3: 7,299 cases, 109,345 tests (6.675% pos), 86 died, 2,778 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 4: 926,400 cases, 18,320 died, 797,586 rec, 5,872 hosp. Nov 3: 916,773 cases, 18,194 died, 792,286 rec, 5,936 hosp. (Lab test pos: 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%, Oct 17: 8.18%, Oct 14: 7.69%)

El Paso County Nov 5: 58,429 cases, 480,797 tests (11.92% pos; 7-day aver: 22.82%), 639 died, 34,528 rec, 1,003 hosp.  Nov 4: 56,356 cases, 472,613 tests (12.15% pos; 7-day aver: 23.92%), 617 died, 33,543 rec, 1,041 hosp.

Mexico Nov 5: 943,630 cases, 7,455/m, 93,228 died. Nov 4: 938,405 cases, 7,414/m, 92,593 died.

Estado Chihuahua Nov 4: 27,293 cases, 2,126 died, 13,093 rec. Nov 3: 26,850 cases, 2,056 died, 12,893 rec.

Ciudad Juarez Nov 4: 15,017 cases, 1,354 died. Nov 3: 14,751 cases, 1,307 died.

United States Nov 5: 9,576,493 cases, 29,059/m, 234,223 died. Nov 4: 9,468,722 cases, 28,732/m, 232,607 died.

World Nov 5: 48,136,225 cases, 6,190/m, 1,225,913 died. Nov 4: 47,458,222 cases, 6,103/m, 1,214,645 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, City of Las Cruces

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