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Update: 9:10 a.m. MST Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 (most current data has dates in bold)
COVID-19 NEW CASES – ONE-DAY COUNTS
Feb 8 or 9: Doña Ana County 41, New Mexico 315; El Paso County 295; United States 92,739
Feb 3 or 4: Doña Ana County 95, New Mexico 670; El Paso County 416; United States 114,234
Feb 1 or 2: Doña Ana County 42, New Mexico 487; El Paso County 296; United States 139,290
Jan 27 or 28: Doña Ana County 123, New Mexico 755; El Paso County 530; United States 155,629
Jan 25 or 26: Doña Ana County 68, New Mexico 494; El Paso County 654; United States 129,527
Jan 20 or 21: Doña Ana County 144, New Mexico 884; El Paso County 531; United States 185,070
New Mexico (population: 2.11 million) https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html
Feb 8: 177,867 cases, 2,439,850 tests, 7-day aver: 4.52%, 3,396 died (1.91% of cases [Feb 7]), 112,051 rec, 396 hosp
Hospital beds (last week): 56% occupied, 10% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 79% occupied, 30% by COVID patients
Feb 3: 175,652 cases, 2,376,514 tests (7.3912% pos, 7-day aver [Feb 2]: 4.99%), 3,338 died, 107,645 rec, 476 hosp
Hospital beds: 58% occupied, 15% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 79% occupied, 30% by COVID patients
Feb 1: 174,550 cases, 2,354,900 tests (7.4122% pos), 3,324 died (1.89% of cases), 104,125 rec, 477 hosp
Jan 27: 171,047 cases, 2,271,257 tests (7.53094% pos), 3,198 died, 98,043 rec, 586 hosp
Jan 25: 169,696 cases, 2,255,066 tests (7.5251% pos), 3,157 died, 95,848 rec, 435 hosp
Record high one-day totals: Nov 19: 3,665 cases, Dec 9: 67 deaths, Dec 25: 35,627 tests
Vaccine (statewide) https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html
Feb 8: 342,088 doses administered, 89,208 fully vaccinated (4.23% of state population), 594,895 registrants
Feb 2: 291,742 doses administered, 67,106 fully vaccinated (3.2% of state population), 571,670 registrants
Register for vaccination: https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/my-registration.html
Information: https://cv.nmhealth.org/covid-vaccine/
Red to Green (all 33 New Mexico counties):
Jan 12-25: red 25, yellow 7 (Colfax, Grant, Los Alamos, San Miguel, Sierra, Socorro, Union), green 1 (Harding)
Dec 29-Jan 13: red 31, yellow 1 (Union), green 1 (Harding)
Dec 15-28: red 32, yellow 1 (Catron), green 0
Doña Ana County (218,836) www.donaanacounty.org/news/covid19 www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx
Feb 8: 21,592 cases, 234,234 tests, 365 died (1.68% of cases [Feb 7]), 14,977 rec; 7-day aver: 30.6/100,000 (5.38%)
Vaccine Feb 8: 21,245 partially or fully vaccinated
Feb 3: 21,270 cases, 227,754 tests (9.339% pos), 361 died, 14,500 rec; Feb 2 7-day aver: 33.7/100,000 (4.53%)
Vaccine Feb 2: 19,998 (9.2%) partially or fully vaccinated
Feb 1: 21,125 cases, 225,355 tests (9.374% pos), 356 died (1.69% of cases), 14,093 rec
Jan 27: 20,797 cases, 214,814 tests (9.6815% pos), 348 died, 13,533 rec
Jan 25: 20,593 cases, 212,931 tests (9.6712% pos), 342 died, 13,315 rec
Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients (regional, mostly Doña Ana County):
Feb 1: 69, Jan 25: 78, Jan 19: 73, Jan 11: 93, Jan 5: 84, Dec 25: 91 (of 566 beds available)
ICU beds in use by COVID patients (COVID-19 patients/total ICU patients/beds available):
Feb 1: 23/55/121, Jan 25: 23/61/122, Jan 19: 24/60/134, Jan 11: 41/68/126, Jan 5: 31/57/120
Ventilators in use (COVID-19 patients/total ventilators in use/total available):
Feb 1: 13/43/94, Jan 25: 4/33/61, Jan 19: 14/36/58, Jan 11: 23/46/48, Jan 5: 25/43/51
Red to Green (Doña Ana County):
Jan 12-25: 39.6 cases per 100,000, 9.46% positivity rate (red)
Dec 29-Jan 13: 49 cases per 100,000, 12.96% positivity rate (red)
Dec 15-28: 43.7 cases per 100,000, 12.82% positivity rate (red)
Dec 1-14: 56.6 cases per 100,000, 12.86% positivity rate (red)
Nov 17-30: 91.8 cases per 100,000, 20.3% positivity rate (red)
N.M. Dept. of Health Red to Green tiered risk system began Dec. 2, 2020. RED Greater than 8 cases/100,000 AND test positivity rate above 5%; YELLOW Either greater than 8 cases/100,000 OR test positivity rate above 5%; GREEN Less than or equal to 8 cases/100,000 AND test positivity rate below or equal to 5%. It enables “local communities to shed burdensome restrictions as soon as public health data show the virus is retreating within their borders,” said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. https://cv.nmhealth.org/public-health-orders-and-executive-orders/red-to-green
Texas (29.4 million) https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/AdditionalData.aspx
Feb 8: 2,166,919 cases, 21,183,213 tests (Feb 7), 38,700 died, 2,104,894 rec, 9,401 hosp
Vaccine: 3,202,062 doses given, 778,784 (2.71%) fully vaccinated
Feb 3: 2,120,299 cases (Feb 2 total tests: 20,497,505), 37,288 died, 2,015,866 rec, 10,827 hosp
Vaccine: 2,525,104 doses given, 526,576 (1.83%) fully vaccinated
Feb 1: 2,087,170 cases (Jan 31 total tests: 20,247,888), 36,539 died, 1,974,572 rec, 11,766 hosp
Jan 27: 2,003,135 cases (Jan 26 total tests: 19,448,730), 35,168 died, 1,867,288 rec, 12,795 hosp
El Paso County (844,000) www.epstrong.org/results.php www.epcovidvaccine.com
Feb 9: 117,370 cases, 949,047 tests (12.37% pos, 7-day: 9.95%), 1,781 died, 80,705 rec, 397 hosp
Feb 4: 114,819 cases, 930,470 tests (12.39% pos, 7-day: 7.84%), 1,717 died, 76,937 rec, 435 hosp
Feb 2: 114,058 cases, 910,048 tests (12.55% pos, 7-day: 8.92%), 1,713 died (1.86%/cases), 76,149 rec, 438 hosp
Jan 28: 111,689 cases, 887,829 tests (12.58% pos, 7-day aver: 9.94%), 1,661 died, 74,083 rec, 458 hosp
Jan 26: 111,061 cases, 876,525 tests (12.67% pos, 7-day aver: 10.02%), 1,651 died, 73,602 rec, 445 hosp
Republic of Mexico (129 million)
Feb 9: 1,936,013 cases, 15,295 per million; 166,731 died; 3,868 new cases (one day)
Vaccine: 686,601 doses given, 9,062 one day
Feb 4: 1,886,245 cases, 14,902 per million; 161,240 died; 12,153 new cases (one day)
Vaccine: 686,601 doses given, 9,062 one day
Feb 2: 1,869,708 cases, 14,771 per million; 159,100 died (8.5093% of cases); 5,448 new cases (one day)
Jan 28: 1,806,849 cases, 14,275 per million; 153,639 died; 17,944 new cases (one day)
Jan 26: 1,763,219 cases, 13,930 per million; 149,614 died; 10,872 new cases (one day)
Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua (3.742 million)
Feb 6: 51,338 cases, 4,750 died, 39,777 recovered
Feb 3: 50,629 cases, 4,691 died, 38,030 recovered
Feb 1: 50,458 cases, 4,690 died, 37,814 recovered
Jan 27: 49,575 cases, 4,624 died, 35,765 recovered
Jan 25: 49,324 cases, 4,610 died, 35,067 recovered
Ciudad Juarez (1.54 million)
Feb 8: 28,265 cases, 2,541 died (8.99% of cases)
Feb 3: 27,958 cases, 2,530 died
Feb 1: 27,902 cases, 2,530 died (9.07% of cases)
Jan 27: 27,639 cases, 2,517 died
Jan 25: 27,437 cases, 2,517 died
United States (331 million)
Feb 9: 27,137,074 cases, 82,344 per million; 464,921 died (1.72% of cases [Feb 8])
Vaccine: 42,417,617 doses given, 1,206,680 one day
Feb 4: 26,591,118 cases, 80,688 per million; 450,625 died
Vaccine: 33,878,254 doses given, 1,097,394 one day
Feb 2: 26,358,070 cases, 79,980 per million; 443,275 died (1.68% of cases)
Jan 28: 25,640,449 cases, 77,803 per million; 429,312 died
Jan 26: 25,236,139 cases, 76,576 per million; 419,731 died
Worldwide (7.795 billion) https://news.google.com/covid19/map
Feb 9: 106,490,260 cases, 13,695 per million; 2,325,830 died (2.18% of cases [Feb 8])
Vaccine: 134,653,288 doses given, 2,574,208 one day
Feb 4: 104,477,541 cases, 13,436 per million; 2,270,860 died
Vaccine: 107,340,447 doses given, 2,517,357 one day
Feb 2: 103,377,424 cases, 13,295 per million; 2,236,454 died (2.16% of cases)
Jan 28: 100,270,602 cases, 12,895 per million; 2,157,355 died
Jan 26: 99,396,099 cases, 12,783 per million; 2,134,210 died