
New Mexico state health officials described the person as a man in his 70’s who had been hospitalized with the virus.
Luna County also recorded 19 additional COVID-19 positive cases as of Friday.
The state’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the total number of active cases in the Luna County is now 527 persons.
According to figures on NMhealth.org, The state is reporting 4,104 people have completely recovered and 99 people have died.
The dashboard also shows 67,918 tests have been administered in the county since the pandemic began.
New Mexico COVID-19 update on Friday had 1,468 new cases, totaling 329,778 since the pandemic began, and 13 additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday.
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