LAS CRUCES – On Tuesday, Doa Ana County experienced the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases reported since June 23, with seven new evidence announced through the New Mexico Department of Health.
The news reflected a promising trend across the state, with the number of cases shown to decrease, with 79 reported across the state, bringing the cumulative total to 23,579, with 723 disease-like deaths and 10,802 known cases in recovery.
The daily update also brought news of the county’s 36th death, described as a man in his 90s suffering from unsigned underlying conditions.
He is also the fifth resident of the Good Samaritan Society in Las Cruces to succumb to the disease, caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Patient identity data is provided through DOH.
To date, nine disease-related deaths in Doa Ana County have been citizens of nursing homes: five at the Good Samaritan Society and two at Jim Wood Home in Hatch and Welbrook Senior Living in Las Cruces.
Of the 2648 cases documented in the county, 1262 (nearly 48%) have been designated as cured, and the actual number is likely to be higher, as Secretary of State for Human Services David Scrase noted at multiple press meetings that COVID-19 patients leave contact with the state fitness branch as their situations improve.
A total of 62,534 tests were conducted in the county, with a positive case rate of 4.2%, higher than the state average of 3.5%.
While elderly populations are vulnerable to fatal disease headaches, 43% of positive cases in the county are under the age of 30, according to data from the fitness branch.
Last week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and fitness officials continued to urge New Mexicoans to comply with public fitness emergency orders that prohibit social gatherings of five or more people and require a mask on the nose and mouth in public.
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They also suggested that citizens stay home as long as possible, especially if they were sick, and wash their hands for at least 20 seconds throughout the day.
People with symptoms of a imaginable COVID-19 infection are asked to call their fitness service provider without delay or NMDOH’s COVID-19 hotline at 1-855-600-3453.
Most cases with mild to moderate symptoms, possibly coming with fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated tremors accompanied by chills, muscle aches, headaches, sore throat, congestion or nasal discharge, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea and/or loss of taste or smell.
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