SANTA FE – New Mexico on Friday reported 1,286 additional known COVID-19 infections and 25 deaths, raising the statewide totals since the pandemic started to 144,142 infections and 2,502 deaths.
Counties with triple-digit increases in cases included Bernalillo (316), Doña Ana (160), San Juan (155) and Sandoval (108) while the additional deaths were reported in 12 counties spanning New Mexico from Cibola, McKinley and San Juan counties in the northwest to Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt counties in the southeast.
Most of those who died were in their 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s, but several were in their 40s and 50s.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death. The vast majority of people recover.
The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested.
