COVID-19 Statistics through February 23 / Active cases at 44,083 / 261 Hospitalizations / 314 New Cases

These are the latest COVID-19 statistics for New Mexico:

Total COVID-19 cases-Total COVID-19 cases-183,335 / New cases 314 / Deaths 3,644 / Recoveries 135,608 / Active COVID-19 cases 44,083 / Current hospitalizations 261 / 0.59% of active cases are currently hospitalized / Tested 2,627,817 / 7.0% Positivity rate / Case Fatality Rate 1.99% / 7 Day Rolling Avg. of new cases 329 (Goal is 168 or lower)

Bernalillo (111), Dona Ana (47), Sandoval (24), Otero (18) , San Juan (14), Union (13), Santa Fe (10), and Valencia (10) counties a had more than ten cases.

Socorro and bordering counties: Socorro County 1,211/50 deaths (245 active cases), Catron 83/5 (23 active cases), Cibola 2,719/103 (392 active cases), Lincoln 1,520/15 (471 active cases), Sierra 685/43 (122 active cases), Torrance 630/12 (146 active cases), Valencia 6106/92 (1,268 active cases.) There have been 564 cases in zip code 87801 (City of Socorro.) The number of active cases is unknown.

Those over 70 years old make up 8.11% of all positive cases in NM while accounting for 60% of all deaths in the state. The case fatality rate for those over 70 is 14.75%.

Those under the age of 50 make up 9.44% of the deaths from COVID-19 while making up 69% of all cases. Of those that are under 50 years old only 0.27% have died. Those under 50 with no UMCs make up 2.17% of all deaths in New Mexico.

Three people under the age of 20 that have tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Of positive tests for those under 30 only 0.047% have died. Those under the age of 30 account for 37% of positive cases in the state and 0.88% of all deaths from COVID-19 in New Mexico. Those under 30 with no UMCs present account for 0.14% of all deaths in the state.

New Mexico has the 16th highest deaths per 100,000 (174) among U.S. states and territories. The U.S. 9th in the world in deaths per 1 million.