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Seven coronavirus cases reported Saturday in county

The New Mexico Department of Health on Saturday reported seven confirmed cases of coronavirus in Quay County.

Five of the cases in the county were reported in the Tucumcari ZIP code, with one each in House and San Jon.

The age breakdown of the latest cases in the county was one age 9 and younger, three age 30 to 39, one age 40 to 49, one age 60 to 69 and one age 70 to 79.

A total of 119 cases have been reported in the county in November alone – more than half since the pandemic began in March.

The total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began rose to 225, with four deaths. A total of 78 people have been deemed by the state as recovered from the virus.

The latest breakdown by ZIP code since the pandemic began is 162 in Tucumcari, 45 in Logan, six in San Jon, six in House, four in McAlister, one in Nara Visa, one in Bard and one in Grady (part of which extends into the county).

In the state, the DOH on Saturday reported 2,142 cases. The total number in New Mexico since the pandemic reached nearly 94,000.

A total of 719 cases were reported in Bernalillo County, with 218 in Dona Ana County.

A total of 23 deaths were reported Saturday in the state, raising the total to 1,527.

A total of 854 people in the state were hospitalized with the disease Saturday, the second straight day of decreases from a record high.

In the U.S., more than 13.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported through Saturday since the pandemic began, with more than 265,000 deaths.