◆ Daily number of coronavirus cases in New Mexico drops to 88.

State health officials on Tuesday announced 88 newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus

— a significant decline from the average daily number of positive test results in resent weeks — and seven more deaths.

Among the new deaths, which brought the state’s total to 447, were a man in his 80s from Cibola County, who was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society facility in Grants; two McKinley County men, one in his 50s and one in his 70s; a woman in her 80s from McKinley County, who was a resident of the Little Sisters of the Poor facility in Gallup; two San Juan County men, one in his 50s and one in his 90s who was a resident of Beehive Homes in Farmington; and a woman in her 70s from San Juan County.

Among the newly reported virus cases, which brought the state’s number of infections to 9,933, were five in Santa Fe County. More than a third of the county’s 178 cases have been among residents in the 87507 ZIP code, where infections are increasing.

The Otero County Prison Facility had three new cases among inmates, bringing its total number of infected state and federal prisoners to 573.

New Mexico also has seen a growing number of cases among residents and staff at nursing homes, assisted living centers and other congregate care facilities. As of Tuesday, 554 patients and 383 staff members had tested positive for the virus; 185 patients and three workers had died from the illness.

There have been no deaths reported at congregate care facilities in Santa Fe. So far, four such facilities — Legacy Santa Fe, MorningStar Senior Living, Pacifica Senior Living and Brookdale Santa Fe — have had small numbers of reported infections.