Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that the same number of COVID-19 cases can be found in New Mexico’s largest county and one of its smallest counties.

Bernalillo is home to 678,000 residents and Lincoln County is home to just 19,000 people, according to World Population Review website, yet both communities are considered on par or exceeding thresholds for high levels of community risk.

New COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 people in the past seven days, percentage of beds occupied by COVID-19 patients and total new cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days are three key pieces used by CDC to determine COVID-19 community levels, per the CDC website.

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