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COVID-19 Statistics (Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 updates)
New Mexico 23,749 cases, 688,495 tests (3.45% pos), 729 died, 10,976 recovered, 94 hospitalized. Aug 18: 23,579 cases, 683,053 tests (3.452%), 723 died, 10,802 rec, 111 hospitalized.
Doña Ana County 2,664 cases, 62,875 tests (4.235% pos), 36 died, 1,284 recovered. Aug 18: 2,648 cases, 62,534 tests (4.235%), 36 died, 1,262 recovered.
Texas 557,256 cases, 4,901,136 tests (11.37% pos), 10,250 died, 424,685 recovered, 5,974 hospitalized. Aug 18: 550,232 cases, 4,869,164 tests (11.3%), 10,034 died, 415,903 recovered, 6,210 hospitalized.
El Paso County 18,914 cases, 372 died, 13,948 recovered, 168 hospitalized. Aug 18: 18,682 cases, 126,249 tests (14.8% pos), 366 died, 13,770 recovered, 160 hospitalized.
Mexico 531,239 cases, 57,774 died, 363,307 recovered. Aug 18: 525,733 cases, 57,023 died, 430,840 rec.
Estado de Chihuahua 11,164 cases, 1,074 died, 4,824 rec. Aug 18: 10,916 cases, 1,065 died, 4,687 rec.
Ciudad Juarez 5,366 cases, 732 died. Aug 18: 5,309 cases, 730 died.
USA 5,498,384 cases, 171,800 died, 2,823,249 rec. Aug 18: 5,467,815 cases, 170,858 died, 2,763,139 rec.
Canada 123,336 cases, 9,047 died, 109,628 recovered. Aug 18: 122,872 cases, 9,032 died, 109,059 rec.
Worldwide 22,218,441 cases (2,857/m), 782,883 died, 14,156,533 recovered. Aug 18: 21,826,342 cases (2,807/M), 773,152 died, 13,888,301 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 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 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 the 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. About 80 percent of people who contract COVID-19 recover without hospitalization; about 20 percent become seriously ill and develop difficulty breathing. Older people and those with underlying medical issues are at higher risk of serious illness.
A different virus, H1N1 influenza A, has caused two global pandemics: 1) Spanish Flu (Feb 1918-Apr 1920, up to 500m infections, 50m deaths; world pop: 1.8b); and 2) Swine Flu (Jan 2009-Aug 2010; 491,382 known/700m-1.4b estimated infections, 150t-575t deaths; world pop: 6.8b). There are 250t-500t seasonal flu deaths annually worldwide. There were 39m-56m infections, 410t-740t hospitalizations and 24t-62t deaths during the 2019-20 U.S. flu season (Oct 1, 2019-Apr 4, 2020), with 9m-45m infections, 140t-810t hospitalizations and 12t-61t deaths annually in the U.S. due to flu since 2010.
COVID-19 Information Online
World Health Organization www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
National 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/
City of Las Cruces www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx and covid19lascruces.com
Doña Ana County/Joint Information Center/local, state, national services 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
