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COVID-19 Statistics (Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 updates)
New Mexico 24,535 cases, 728,627 tests (3.367% pos), 750 died, 11,909 recovered, 64 hospitalized. Aug 24: 24,469 cases, 723,801 tests (3.38%), 747 died, 11,668 recovered, 68 hospitalized.
Doña Ana County 2,733 cases, 65,644 tests (4.165% pos), 40 died, 1,407 recovered. Aug 24: 2,726 cases, 65,265 tests (4.18%), 38 died, 1,372 recovered.
Regional hospitalizations (Doña Ana, Luna, Catron, Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Otero counties) Aug 19: 17 COVID admissions; 47 of 112 ICU beds, 17 of 82 ventilators in use. Aug 12: 21 admissions; 55 ICU beds, 14 vents. Aug 4: 24 admissions; 58 ICU beds, 16 vents. ICU/vent figures include all patients, not just COVID-19.
Texas 586,730 cases, 5,135,385 tests (11.4253% pos), 11,576 died, 466,550 recovered, 5,019 hospitalized. Aug 24: 580,384 cases, 5,063,576 tests (11.462%), 11,395 died, 451,776 recovered, 5,019 hospitalized.
El Paso County 19,622 cases, 135,674 tests (14.462% pos), 397 died, 16,082 recovered, 131 hospitalized. Aug 23: 19,396 cases, 134,998 tests (14.37%), 392 died, 14,734 recovered.
Mexico 563,705 cases, 60,800 died, 389,124 recovered. Aug 24: 560,164 cases, 60,480 died, 383,872 rec.
Estado Chihuahua 11,050 cases, 1,112 died, 5,369 recovered. Aug 24: 10,940 cases, 1,111 died, 5,358 rec.
Ciudad Juarez 5,808 cases, 747 died. Aug 24: 5,765 cases, 746 died.
USA 5,764,373 cases, 177,576 died, 2,980,604 rec. Aug 24: 5,721,940 cases, 176,802 died, 2,947,272 rec.
Canada 125,835 cases, 9,088 died, 111,882 recovered. Aug 24: 125,069 cases, 9,078 died, 111,269 rec.
Worldwide 23,694,646 cases (3,047/m), 814,354 died, 15,381,104 recovered. Aug 24: 23,424,844 cases (3,013/m), 808,716 died, 15,150,767 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.
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 case, declares state public health emergency Mar 13 U.S. declares national health emergency Mar 23 N.M. closes nonessential businesses June 1 N.M. allows limited indoor dining Jul 13 N.M. bans indoor dining, limits close-contact businesses to 25% of capacity. (Current N.M. public health orders are in effect through Friday, Aug. 28.)
What is COVID-19?
Coronaviruses cause diseases in mammals and birds. They were discovered in 1931 among domesticated chickens in North Dakota. The first human coronavirus, discovered in 1965, was isolated in the U.S. and UK. At least seven strains of human coronavirus are known. The name comes from the Latin 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), 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, has caused two global pandemics: 1) Spanish Flu (Feb 1918-Apr 1920, up to 500m infected, 50m died; world pop: 1.8b); 2) Swine Flu (Jan 2009-Aug 2010; 491,382 known/700m-1.4b estimated infected, 150-575t died; world pop: 6.8b). Worldwide: 250-500t seasonal flu deaths annually. U.S.: 39-56m infected, 410-740t hospitalized, 24-62t died during 2019-20 flu season (Oct 1, 2019-Apr 4, 2020); 9-45m infected, 140-810t hospitalized, 12-61t have died annually of flu since 2010.
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
N.M. 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 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
