COVID cases reach 3,231 in a day; Santa Fe County man among the victims
Jan. 6—The numbers continue to stagger.
The state Department of Health reported 3,231 new COVID-19 cases Thursday and 36 additional deaths — including a man in his 50s from Santa Fe County and a man in his 70s from Rio Arriba County.
The wildfire of new cases, which reached nearly every county in New Mexico, included more than 1,000 in Bernalillo County alone. Santa Fe County's case count, 262, was the third-highest in the state and ZIP Code 87507, which covers parts of the city's west and south sides, had the third-highest total in New Mexico.
The state said 540 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and positivity increased to 21.7 percent.
New Mexico is on the verge of surpassing 6,000 deaths. The state said 5,969 people have died from COVID since the virus arrived in 2020.
Santa Fe County has seen more than 18,000 cases in nearly two years.
