No new COVID-19 cases have been detected at Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico, according to the tribe’s health corporation.
As of August 18, 2020, a total of 83 community members have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That’s unchanged from the last time the Kewa Pueblo Health Corporation shared data on August 10.
COVID-19 Testing Results (Aug 18, 2020 – 2:28 pm):
Test Reporting Location | Total Negative Results | Total Positive Results | Total Positive Results in the Santo Domingo Community |
Testing by Santo Domingo Health Center | 1,366 | 72 | 63 |
*Testing by Presbyterian Healthcare | 1,906 | 8 | 8 |
*Tested by Outside Source | Unknown | 13 | 12 |
Total: | 3,272 | 93 | 83 |
Recovered: | 83 |
*Reported by the Santo Domingo Unified Incident Command Task Force (UICTF)
About 2,400 people live at Kewa, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, though the state of New Mexico puts the population at more than 3,100. Based on data shared by the tribal health corporation, almost everyone in the community has been tested as of August 18.
Kewa is located in Sandoval County, where a large number of COVID-19 cases have been reported in two additional tribal communities. The Pueblo of San Felipe and the Pueblo of Zia have each seen more than 100 cases, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.
Kewa is about 40 miles north of downtown Albuquerque, the most populous city in New Mexico.