Only 1 of state’s 17 new virus deaths is in southern New Mexico, but infections rise

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico reported an additional 1,872 additional known Covid-19 cases and 17 more deaths on Monday.

Among the latest deaths was just one in southern New Mexico, a woman in her 70s from Luna County who died while hospitalized. It was the first time since October that adjacent Dona Ana County didn't report a daily death.

The additional cases reported Monday increased the statewide total to 109,947 infections while the death toll rose to 1,756.

Of those additional cases, about 10% or 191 were from Dona Ana County - which now has recorded 14,777 infections since the start of the pandemic.

Data analyzed by KOB-TV in Albuquerque showed the daily testing positivity rate for New Mexico at 14.3% on Monday.

New Mexico hospital officials also continued to warn of an overburdened healthcare system as hospitalizations remained high at a tally of 935 patients across the state on Monday.

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.