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(EDITOR’S NOTE: The information below is current as of approximately 4:15 p.m. MDT Wednesday, April 29, 2020. As we know, the news regarding coronavirus and responses is changing by the minute.)
Daily statistics
New Mexico: April 29: 3,213 positive cases, 65,085 tests, 112 deaths, 734 recoveries; April 28: 2,974 cases, 61,745 tests, 110 deaths, 705 recoveries. Source: New Mexico Department of Health (https://cv.nmhealth.org/).
Doña Ana County: April 29: 130 cases; April 28: 129 cases.
Texas: April 29: 27,054 cases, 732 deaths, 12,507 recoveries; April 28: 26,171 cases, 690 deaths, 11,786 recoveries.
El Paso County: April 29: 857 cases; April 28: 829 cases.
Mexico: April 29: 16,752 cases, 1,569 deaths, 11,423 recoveries; April 28: 15,529 cases, 1,434 deaths, 9,086 recoveries. State of Chihuahua: April 29: 398 cases, 75 deaths; April 28: 381 cases, 73 deaths. Cuidad Juarez (in state of Chihuahua): April 29: 259 cases, 64 deaths; April 28: 254 cases, 63 deaths. (Note: Information on coronavirus is more difficult to track accurately in Mexico.)
United States: April 29: 1,005,147 cases, 57,505 deaths; April 28: 981,246 cases, 55,258 deaths. Source: National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Worldwide: April 29: 3,157,459 cases (406 per million), 219,611 deaths, 957,094 recoveries; April 28: 3,083,467 cases (396.5 per million), 213,824 deaths, 915,988 recoveries.
Regional statistics (as of April 29)
New Mexico
65,085 tested (3.1 percent of the state’s total population), up from yesterday’s 61,745
3,213 positive (4.94 percent), up from yesterday’s 2,974 positive (4.8 percent)
163 currently hospitalized, up from yesterday’s 157
734 recovered, up from yesterday’s 705
112 deaths, up from yesterday’s 110
Doña Ana County: 130 cases (3.06 percent positive); up from yesterday’s 129 (3.23 percent); one death
Texas
314,790 tested
27,054 positive (8.6 percent)
1,702 currently hospitalized
12,507 recovered
732 deaths
El Paso County: 857 cases, 14 deaths
Three New Mexico counties report no COVID-19 cases; four others are 80-plus percent of state’s total
Hidalgo (Lordsburg), DeBaca (Fort Sumner) and Mora (Mora) counties reported no COVID-19 cases as of April 29. McKinley County (Gallup) reported the most cases, 953, Bernalillo (Albuquerque) was second at 765, San Juan (Farmington) was third at 576 and Sandoval (Rio Rancho) was fourth at 385. Those four counties account for 83.4 percent of the state’s total cases. 21 counties reported 1-25 cases each.
