COVID-19 Statistics thru August 9 / Active cases at 12,311 / 121 hospitalizations (lowest since July 5th)

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

Total COVID-19 cases-22,315 / New cases 205 / Deaths 685 / Recoveries 9,319 / Active COVID-19 cases 12,311 / Current hospitalizations 121 / Tested 627,627 / 3.6% Positivity rate

Bernalillo County with 49 new cases, Dona Ana County with 30, and Lea County were the counties with the most new cases. Bernalillo (130), McKinley (225) and San Juan (183) account for 79% of all deaths in New Mexico.

Socorro and bordering counties: Socorro County 74/6 (24 active cases), Catron 5/1 (4 active case), Cibola 366/18 (183 active cases), Lincoln 128/1 (107 active cases), Sierra 32/0 (24 active cases), Torrence 61/1(37 active cases) , Valencia 414/4 (257 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 42% of positive and Native Americans make up 35% of positive cases in New Mexico.

Those over the age of 50 make up 90% of the deaths from COVID-19 while making up only 31% of all cases. Of those that are under 50 years old only 0.46% have died. If there are no underlying medical conditions present only 0.065% have died.

Those over the age of 70 make up 8% of all positive cases in the state and 59% of all deaths from COVID-19 in New Mexico.

No one under the age of 20 that has tested positive for COVID-19 has died. Of positive tests for those under thirty only 0.063% have died. Those under the age of 30 account for 36% of positive cases in the state and 0.7% of all deaths from COVID-19 in New Mexico.

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

84% (577) of those that have died also had underlying medical conditions.