Governor requests deployment of Army hospital to NM, 136 confirmed COVID-19 cases
SANTA FE (KSMX)- New Mexico state health officials on Thursday announced 24 additional positive tests for COVID-19 bringing the total confirmed cases to 136.
In the latest update from the Department of Health, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has formally requested that the U.S. Defense Department deploy a staffed 248-bed U.S. Army combat support hospital (CSH) to Albuquerque as a proactive measure intended to enhance the state’s treatment capacity.
“This CSH is urgently needed to support the State of New Mexico’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to overwhelm our existing medical treatment facilities and resources,” Lujan Grisham wrote Wednesday in a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
The governor made the request under a federal law that authorizes the U.S. government to provide states with emergency medical assistance.
Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
Seven new cases in Bernalillo County:
- A female in her 20s
- A female in her 30s
- A male in his 40s
- A male in his 50s
- Three males in their 60s
One new case in Chaves County:
- A female in her 50s
Three new cases in Doña Ana County:
- Three males in their 20s
Two new cases in Sandoval County:
- A female in her 60s
- A male in his 70s
Six new cases in San Juan County:
- A female in her teens
- A female in her 30s
- A male in his 30s
- A female in her 40s
- A female in her 50s
- A male in his 60s
Five new cases in Santa Fe County:
- A male in his 30s
- Two females in their 40s
- A male in his 40s
- A female in her 60s
The Department of Health on Thursday reported no additional deaths in the state related to COVID-19. The number of deaths in the state related to COVID-19 remains at one.
Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 136 positive tests for COVID-19:
- Bernalillo County: 55
- Cibola County: 1
- Chaves County: 4
- Curry County: 1
- Doña Ana County: 16
- Eddy County: 1
- Lea County: 1
- McKinley County: 3
- Rio Arriba County: 2
- Sandoval County: 10
- San Juan County: 14
- San Miguel County: 1
- Santa Fe County: 22
- Socorro County: 2
- Taos County: 3
As of today, there are 13 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.
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