Eight locals test positive for COVID-19

Eight local residents have tested positive for COVID-19, hospital officials said early this week.

At Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, officials said 191 people had been tested with eight positive — seven from Curry County, one from Roosevelt County.

PRMC was still awaiting 18 test results on Tuesday morning. Officials said 165 tests were negative for the virus.

At Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, officials said 40 tests had been administered with 33 negative and seven pending as of Monday afternoon.

No coronavirus-related deaths were reported in eastern New Mexico.

New Mexico overall had reported 686 positive COVID-19 tests as of early Tuesday afternoon. Twelve people had died from the virus in the state, officials said.

In West Texas, Lubbock County was hardest hit with 180 positive tests as of early Tuesday afternoon. Eleven people had died from the virus in the Texas Panhandle-area, with victims in Castro, Hockley, Lubbock, Oldham, Potter and Randall counties.