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Coronavirus

COVID-19 Update: Thursday, March 18

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COVID-19 NEW CASES: ONE-DAY COUNTS

Current: Doña Ana County 77, NM 255; El Paso County 125, Texas 4,034; U.S. 58,856

March 15; Doña Ana County 30, NM 185; El Paso County 135, Texas 1,437; U.S. 57,083

Mar 10: Doña Ana County 39, NM 257; El Paso County 134, Texas 3,104; U.S. 58,530

Mar 8: Doña Ana County 23, NM 126; El Paso County 257, Texas 1,084; U.S. 98,513

Mar 4: Doña Ana County 56, NM 359; El Paso County 310, Texas 4,781; U.S. 66,714

Mar 2: Doña Ana County 38, NM 166; El Paso County 170, Texas 1,637; U.S. 56,672

Feb 25: Doña Ana County 70, NM 448; El Paso County 303, Texas 4,991; U.S. 70,768

Feb 2: Doña Ana County 123 NM 755; El Paso County 530; U.S. 155,629

Jan 5: Doña Ana County 116, NM 936; El Paso County 493; U.S. 196,386

Dec 3: Doña Ana County 113, NM 1,549; El Paso County 551; U.S. 199,988

Nov 9: Doña Ana County 146, NM 1,214; El Paso County 899; U.S. 130,441

Update: 8:45 a.m. MDT Thursday, March 18

New Mexico (population: 2.11 million)      • https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html  • www.togethernm.org

Record high one-day totals: 3,665 cases (Nov 19), 67 deaths (Dec 9), 35,627 tests (Dec 25)

Mar 17: 188,907 cases (255 new), 2,874,746 tests (6.57% pos; 7-day aver: 2.06% [Mar 16]), 3,872 died, 168,976 rec, 123 hosp

Hospital beds (last week): 52% occupied, 0% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 71% occupied, 10% by COVID patients

Mar 15: 188,488 cases (185 new), 2,860,138 tests (6.59% pos; 7-day aver: 2.03% [Mar 15]), 3,853 died, 167,659 rec, 126 hosp

Hospital beds (last week): 52% occupied, 0% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 71% occupied, 10% by COVID patients

Mar 10: 187,487 cases (257 new), 2,802,883 tests (6.689% pos; 7-day aver: 1.93% [Mar 10]), 3,839 died, 160,142 rec, 134 hosp

Hospital beds (last week): 52% occupied, 0% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 70% occupied, 15% by COVID patients

Mar 8: 187,040 cases (126 new), 2,788,740 tests (6.67% pos; 7-day aver: 1.95% [Mar 7]), 3,811 died, 157,504 rec, 136 hosp

Mar 3: 185,898 cases (359 new), 2,720,382 tests (6.8634% pos; 7-day aver: 2.68% [Mar 2]), 3,753 died, 150,168 rec, 195 hosp

 

Vaccine                  • https://cv.nmhealth.org/covid-vaccine/  • https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html

Four groups currently eligible for vaccine: primary healthcare workers; people age 75 and older; educators, early childhood professionals, school staff; people with chronic health conditions – ages 60 and older have priority

Mar 17: 948,668 doses administered, 20.8% fully vaccinated, 1,680,605 eligible to receive vaccine (16 and older)                   

Mar 15: 792,868 doses administered, 17.3% fully vaccinated, 1,680,605 eligible to receive vaccine (16 and older)                  

Mar 10: 706,940 doses administered, 15.1% fully vaccinated, 714,248 registrants                   

Mar 8: 681,771 doses administered, 14.5% fully vaccinated, 701,353 registrants

Mar 3: 609,099 doses administered, 219,853 fully vaccinated (10.4692% of state population), 680,570 registrants

Mar 1: 590,361 doses administered, 211,825 fully vaccinated (10.087% of state population), 669,549 registrants

 

Red to Green (all 33 NM counties)  • https://cv.nmhealth.org/public-health-orders-and-executive-orders/red-to-green

Feb 23-Mar 8: red 1 (Guadalupe), yellow 18, green 7, turquoise 7                                                    

Feb 9-22: red 4 (Doña Ana, Eddy, McKinley, Otero), yellow 19, green 6, turquoise 4         

Jan 12-25: red 25, yellow 7, green 1 (Harding)                    Jan 26-Feb 9: red 14, yellow 15, green 4

Dec 15-28: red 32, yellow 1 (Catron), green 0                      Dec 29-Jan 13: red 31, yellow 1 (Union), green 1 (Harding)

NM Dept. of Health red to green tiered risk system began Dec 2; red: Greater than 8 cases/100,000 AND pos rate above 5%; yellow: Either greater than 8 cases/100,000 OR pos rate above 5%; green:  8 or fewer cases/100,000 AND pos rate at or below 5%. turquoise (added Feb 24): 8 or fewer cases/100,000 AND pos rate at or below 5% over 4 weeks. Next update: March 24.

Doña Ana County (218,836) • www.donaanacounty.org/news/covid19  • www.las-cruces.org/AlertCenter.aspx

Mar 17: 23,400 cases (77 new), 274,386 tests, 409 died, 21,135 rec; 7-day aver: 15.1/100,000 (3.16% [Mar 16])

Vaccine: 25.8% partially vaccinated, 13.1% fully vaccinated; 48.1% registered for vaccine

Mar 15: 23,292 cases (30 new), 273,204 tests, 408 died, 20,974 rec; 7-day aver: 15.5/100,000 (3.06% [Mar 15])

Vaccine: 25.8% partially vaccinated, 13.1% fully vaccinated; 47.4% registered for vaccine

Mar 10: 23,131 cases (23 new), 266,862 tests, 408 died, 19,964 rec; 7-day aver: 17.6/100,000 (3.35% [Mar 10])

Vaccine: 20.7% partially vaccinated, 10.4% fully vaccinated; 45.4% registered for vaccine

Mar 8: 23,055 cases (23 new), 265,450 tests, 403 died, 19,609 rec; 7-day aver: 18.3/100,000 (4.22% [Mar 8])

Vaccine: 20.7% partially vaccinated, 10.4% fully vaccinated; 44.3% registered for vaccine

Mar 3: 22,876 cases (56 new), 259,226 tests, 400 died, 18,839 rec; 7-day aver: 20.9/100,000 (4.26% [Mar 2])

Vaccine: 17.8% partially vaccinated, 9.1% fully vaccinated; 42.6% registered for vaccine

Red to Green (Doña Ana County)                            

Feb 23-Mar 8: 19/100,000 4.72% pos rate (yellow)                Feb 9-22: 27.2/100,000 6.77% pos rate (red)  

Jan 26-Feb 9: 20.9/100,000 4.33% pos rate (yellow)               Jan 12-25: 39.6 cases/100,000, 9.46% pos rate (red)

Dec 29-Jan 13: 49 cases/100,000, 12.96% pos rate (red)       Dec 15-28: 43.7 cases/100,000, 12.82% pos rate (red)

Dec 1-14: 56.6 cases/100,000, 12.86% pos rate (red)             Nov 17-30: 91.8 cases/100,000, 20.3% pos rate (red)       

 

Texas (29.4 million)                                           • https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/AdditionalData.aspx

Mar 17: 2,355,666 cases (4,034 new), 24,435,834 tests (March 16), 45,879 died, 2,571,218 rec, 3,915 hosp

Vaccine: 8,850,377 doses administered, 2,946,045 (10.26%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 61% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 84% occupied, 20% by COVID patients

Mar 15: 2,346,924 cases (1,437 new), 24,324,576 tests (March 14), 45,570 died, 2,560,773 rec, 3,980 hosp

Vaccine: 8,547,673 doses administered, 2,871,034 (10%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 61% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 84% occupied, 20% by COVID patients

Mar 10: 2,330,216 cases (3,104 new), 23,894,111 tests (March 9), 44,875 died, 2,526,462 rec, 4,556 hosp

Vaccine: 7,529,655 doses administered, 2,541,063 (8.85%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 62% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 85% occupied, 25% by COVID patients

Mar 8: 2,322,728 cases (1,084 new), 23,694,357 tests (March 7), 44,483 died, 2,510,384 rec, 4,329 hosp

Vaccine: 7,071,506 doses administered, 2,482,929 (8.65%) fully vaccinated

Hospital beds (last week): 62% occupied, 5% by COVID patients; ICU beds: 85% occupied, 25% by COVID patients

Mar 3: 2,304,081 cases (4,781 new), 23,292,461 tests (March 2), 43,563 died, 2,450,229 rec, 5,508 hosp

Vaccine: 6,191,550 doses administered, 2,182,085 (7.6%) fully vaccinated

 

El Paso County (963,000)                                              • www.epstrong.org/results.php   • www.epcovidvaccine.com

Mar 18: 127,538 cases (135 new), 1,113,994 tests (11.45% pos, 7-day aver: 7.43%), 2,315 died, 121,970 rec, 247 hosp (ICU 89)

Mar 15: 126,981 cases (135 new), 1,093,357 tests (11.52% pos, 7-day aver: 4.63%), 2,254 died, 120,775 rec, 248 hosp (ICU 89)

Mar 10: 125,985 cases (134 new), 1,093,357 tests (11.52% pos, 7-day aver: 4.63%), 2,211 died, 119,400 rec, 258 hosp (ICU 107)

Mar 9: 125,830 cases (257 new), 1,080,083 tests (11.65% pos, 7-day aver: 7.4%), 2,204 died, 118,755 rec, 252 hosp (ICU 102)

 

Estados Unidos Mexicanos (130.26 million)

Mar 18: 2,175,462 cases (6,455 new), 17,187 per million; 195,908 died

Vaccine: 4,737,622 doses administered, 206,838 one day, 626,881 (0.5%) fully vaccinated

Mar 16: 2,167,729 cases (1,439 new), 17,126 per million; 194,944 died

Vaccine: 4,404,608 doses administered, 64,682 one day, 609,8889 (0.48%) fully vaccinated

Mar 11: 2,144,486 cases (6,602 new), 16,942 per million; 192,491 died

Vaccine: 3,488,118 doses administered, 387,250 one day, 605,801 (0.48%) fully vaccinated

Mar 9: 2,130,477 cases (1,877 new), 16,831 per million; 190,923 died

Vaccine: 2,793,106 doses administered, 27,301 one day, 603,447 (0.48%) fully vaccinated

Ciudad Juarez (1.54 million)

Mar 17: 29,470 cases, 2,782 died

Mar 14: 29,434 cases, 2,782 died

Mar 9: 29,225 cases, 2,769 died

Mar 3: 28,952 cases, 2,734 died

Mar 1: 28,866 cases, 2,696 died

Feb 24: 28,618 cases, 2,606 died (9.11% percent of cases)

Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua (3.742 million)

Mar 17: 56,882 cases, 5,505 died, 48,327 recovered

Mar 14: 56,746 cases, 5,498 died, 47,850 recovered

Mar 9: 55,901 cases, 5,420 died, 46,475 recovered

Mar 8: 55,761 cases, 5,419 died, 46,362 recovered

 

United States (331 million)         

Mar 18: 29,632,042 cases (58,856 new), 89,915/million; 537,649 died

Vaccine: 113,037,627 doses administered, 2,299,771 one day, 39,989,196 (12.1%) fully vaccinated

Mar 16: 29,518,746 cases (57,083 new), 89,571/million; 535,227 died

Vaccine: 109,081,860 doses administered, 2,021,586 one day, 38,335,432 (11.6%) fully vaccinated

Mar 11: 29,247,035 cases (58,530 new), 88,747/million; 528,829 died

Vaccine: 95,721,290 doses administered, 2,028,692 one day, 32,094,161 (10%) fully vaccinated

Mar 9: 29,132,673 cases (98,513 new), 88,400/million; 525,467 died

Vaccine: 90,351,750 doses administered, 2,439,427 one day, 30,686,881 (9.3%) fully vaccinated

 

Worldwide (7.795 billion)                    • https://news.google.com/covid19/map

Mar 18: 121,319,246 cases (new: no data), 15,602 per million; 2,682,660 died

Vaccine: 400,216,092 doses administered, 8,338,608 one day, 91,609,377 (1.2%) fully vaccinated Mar 16: 120,176,364 cases (new: no data), 15,455 per million; 2,659,578 died

Vaccine: 381,341,856 doses administered, 8,337,585 one day, 85,589,474 (1.1%) fully vaccinated

Mar 11: 118,119,333 cases (new: no data), 15,191 per million; 2,621,944 died

Vaccine: 328,767,217 doses administered, 7,589,982 one day, 73,135,790 (0.94%) fully vaccinated

Mar 9: 117,164,167 cases (new: no data), 15,068 per million; 2,600,504 died

Vaccine: 305,285,044 doses administered, 4,311,250 one day, 66,701,003 (0.86%) fully vaccinated


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