No new virus deaths occur in New Mexico for 1st time since April 15
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico, for the first time in over two months, reported no new deaths from the coronavirus on Monday. That kept the death toll at 469.
The last time there were no deaths reported in the daily count was back on April 15.
The number of infections statewide, however, grew by 128 additional cases Monday, including 16 new cases in Doña Ana County and one more case in Otero County.
The increases raised New Mexico’s total number of cases to 10,694, while totals reached 734 for Doña Ana and 32 among residents of Otero.
Department of Health officials also said there were no new cases involving inmates or detainees at the either the Otero County Prison or Otero County ICE Processing Center. The southern New Mexico facilities have seen 833 cases to date.
The majority of the state's new cases on Monday were reported in McKinley County, which had 32, in northwestern New Mexico.
Below you can see county-by-county data for virus cases and deaths across New Mexico. The data comes from Johns Hopkins University, so the numbers may sometimes vary a bit from what's reported by the state health department.
