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COVID-19 Statistics (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 updates) New Mexico 25,460 cases, 765,399 tests (3.3264% pos), 787 died, 13,073 rec, 72 hosp. Aug 31: 25,352 cases, 760,874 tests (3.332%), 779 died, 12,960 rec, 65 hosp.
Doña Ana County 2,859 cases, 68,402 tests (4.179% pos), 43 died, 1,547 rec. Aug 31: 2,827 cases, 67,795 tests (4.17%), 43 died, 1,533 rec.
Texas 617,333 cases, 5,455,308 tests (11.3162% pos), 12,681 died, 514,861 rec, 4,144 hosp. Aug 31: 612,969 cases, 5,418,724 tests (11.3312%), 12,536 died, 507,449 rec, 4,203 hosp.
El Paso County 20,539 cases, 149,772 tests (13.715% pos), 421 died, 17,042 rec, 131 hosp. Aug 31: 20,460 cases, 149,301 tests (13.704%), 419 died, 16,906 rec, 124 hosp.
Mexico 599,560 cases, 64,414 died, 416,738 rec. Aug 31: 595,841 cases, 64,158 died, 412,580 rec.
Estado Chihuahua 11,810 cases, 1,153 died, 5,780 rec. Aug 30: 11,595 cases, 1,147 died, 5,633 rec.
Ciudad Juarez 6,041 cases, 763 died. Aug 30: 5,932 cases, 762 died.
USA 6,055,641 cases, 183,695 died, 3,218,565 rec. Aug 31: 6,008,376 cases, 182,986 died, 3,202,457 rec.
Worldwide 25,334,339 cases (3,258/m), 848,084 died, 16,669,974 rec. Aug 31: 25,051,178 cases (3,222/m), 843,586 died, 16,451,018 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% capacity; retail stores, malls, houses of worship at 25% Jul 13 N.M. bans indoor dining; limits gyms, close-contact businesses to 25% capacity. Aug 29 N.M. restores indoor dining at 25% capacity; increases houses of worship to 40%; museums with static displays can open at 25%; mass gatherings limited to 10. (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 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
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
