COVID-19 Statistics thru August 31 / Active cases at 11,613 / 65 hospitalizations / 73 New cases

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

Total COVID-19 cases-25,352 / New cases 73 / Deaths 779 / Recoveries 12,960 / Active COVID-19 cases 11,613 / Current hospitalizations 65 / 0.6% of active cases are currently hospitalized / Tested 760,874 / 3.3% Positivity rate

Bernalillo County (17) is the only county that had more than ten new cases. Bernalillo (156), McKinley (242) and San Juan (191) account for 76% of all deaths in New Mexico.

Socorro and bordering counties: Socorro County 77/6 (22 active cases), Catron 5/1 (2 active case), Cibola 398/20 (158 active cases), Lincoln 169/2 (101 active cases), Sierra 37/1 (24 active cases), Torrence 63/1(33 active cases) , Valencia 513/4 (228 active cases)

De Baca is the only county to have had no cases of COVID-19. Harding County has no active cases.

Hispanics/Latinos make up 44% of positive and Native Americans make up 32% of positive cases in New Mexico.

Those over the age of 50 make up 89% of the deaths from COVID-19 while making up only 31% of all cases. Of those that are under 50 years old only 0.5% have died. If there are no underlying medical conditions (UMCs) present for those under 50 only 0.07% have died.

No one under the age of 20 that has tested positive for COVID-19 has died. Of positive tests for those under thirty only 0.08% have died. If there is no UMCs present only 0.02% haved died. Those under the age of 30 account for 36% of positive cases in the state and 0.90% of all deaths from COVID-19 in New Mexico. Those under 30 with no UMCs present account for 0.3% of all deaths in the state.

84% of those that have died from COVID-19 also had underlying medical conditions.

New Mexico has the 22nd highest deaths per 100,000 among U.S. states and territories. The U.S. 11th in the world in deaths per 1 million.

84% (655) of those that have died also had underlying medical conditions.