3 more virus deaths in southern New Mexico; Doña Ana County 2nd in state for new cases
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico reported 407 new cases of coronavirus on Friday and 23 additional deaths.
Three of the latest deaths occurred in southern New Mexico and included:
- A man in his 60s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
- A woman in her 80s who was a resident of the Mimbres Memorial Nursing Home in Deming.
- A woman in her 90s from Luna County who had underlying conditions.
The New Mexico Department of Health reported that the state has seen a total of 179,724 cases and 3,502 deaths related to Covid-19 since the pandemic began.
Bernalillo County (Albuquerque) had more new cases Friday than any other county with 127 positive Covid-19 results, followed by Doña Ana County (Las Cruces) with 80 cases.
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.
