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COVID-19 Statistics (Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 updates)
New Mexico 26,429 cases, 806,999 tests (3.275% pos), 816 died, 14,120 rec, 80 hosp. Sep 9: 26,268 cases, 803,101 tests (3.24%), 813 died, 13,928 rec, 77 hosp.
Doña Ana County 2,989 cases, 72,026 tests (4.15% pos), 48 died, 1,671 rec. Sep 9: 2,972 cases, 71,720 tests (4.145%), 48 died, 1,652 rec.
Regional hospitals (Doña Ana, Luna, Catron, Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties) Sep 8: 9 COVID-19 admissions; 53 of 112 ICU beds, 17 of 82 ventilators in use. Aug 26: 13 adms, 50 ICU, 13 vents. Aug 19: 17 adms; 47 ICU, 17 vents. Aug 12: 21 adms; 55 ICU, 14 vents. (ICU/vent are for all patients, not just COVID.)
Texas 649,809 cases, 5,878,345 tests (11.0543% pos), 13,853 died, 564,114 rec, 3,575 hosp. Sep 9: 645,791 cases, 5,826,726 tests (11.08339%), 13,692 died, 558,894 rec, 3,604 hosp.
El Paso County 21,335 cases, 161,601 tests (13.202% pos), 452 died, 18,036 rec, 111 hosp. Sept. 9: 21,259 cases, 160,521 tests (13.244%), 449 died, 17,903 rec, 116 hosp.
Mexico 647,507 cases, 69,095 died, 454,982 rec. Sep 9: 642,860 cases, 68,484 died, 451,159 rec.
Estado Chihuahua 13,071 cases, 1,252 died, 6,532 rec. Sep 9: 12,957 cases, 1,247 died, 6,399 rec.
Ciudad Juarez 6,623 cases, 804 died. Sep 9: 6,614 cases, 803 died.
USA 6,390,052 cases, 191,094 died, 3,509,263 rec. Sep 9: 6,354,614 cases, 189,961 died, 3,479,838 rec.
Worldwide 27,933,388 cases (3,592/m), 905,181 died, 18,819,38 rec. Sep 9: 27,605,560 cases (3,550/m), 898,269 died, 18,565,072 rec.
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 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 11 N.M. announces first cases, declares public health emergency Mar 13 U.S. declares national health emergency Mar 23 N.M. closes nonessential businesses, prohibits mass gatherings June 1 N.M. allows indoor dining, gyms at 50% of capacity; retail stores, malls, houses of worship at 25% Jul 13 N.M. bans indoor dining; limits gyms, close-contact businesses to 25% of capacity. Aug 29 N.M. restores indoor dining at 25% of capacity; increases houses of worship to 40%; museums with static displays can open at 25% of capacity; mass gatherings limited to 10 people. (Current N.M. public health orders are in effect thru Friday, Sept. 18.)
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 in the U.S. and UK 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 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. 80% of infections are mild or asymptomatic, 20% are more serious, with difficulty breathing; about 40% of those infected are asymptomatic.
A different virus, H1N1 influenza A, caused two global pandemics: 1) Spanish Flu: Feb 1918-Apr 1920, up to 500m cases, 50m died, world pop: 1.8b; in 2008; 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.: 2019-20 flu season (Oct 1, 2019-Apr 4, 2020): 39-56m cases, 410-740t hospitalized, 24-62t died; since 2010: 9-45m cases, 140-810t hospitalized, 12-61t have died annually since 2010. Worldwide: 250-500t flu deaths occur annually.
COVID-19 Information Online
World Health Organization www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
Global 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/
New Mexico Department of Health additional resources https://cv.nmhealth.org/
City of Las Cruces www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx and covid19lascruces.com
Doña Ana County/Joint Information Center 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
