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New Mexico reported 275 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 15 additional deaths, bringing the total number of dead from the virus to 3,700.
The seven-day average of cases is 345, slightly higher than it was last week but still substantially lower than earlier in the year.
Among the reported new cases are 105 in Bernalillo County, 31 in Doña Ana County and 16 in McKinley County.
The Lea County Correctional Facility reported six new cases. The state-run prison near Hobbs reported 191 cases of the virus Friday.
Among those who died of the virus were a McKinley County woman in her 50s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions, a Chaves County woman in her 60s who had underlying conditions and a Lea County man in his 60s who had underlying conditions. Others were a Bernalillo County woman in her 60s and San Juan County man in his 60s, neither of whom was reported to have been hospitalized or have underlying conditions.
A woman in her 100s living at the Good Samaritan Society in Albuquerque also died of the virus.
New Mexico has reported 184,888 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. As of Saturday, 227 people were hospitalized with the virus and 143,774 cases were designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.
