As of mid-December 2020, the COVID-19 fatalities in El Paso were 1,220. The Health Department also reported 188 new virus cases, as well as 44 additional cases that are part of the delayed local results issued by the State. Hospitalizations due to the virus decreased to 600. There are 237 patients in the ICU and 161 are on ventilators. The total number of positive cases is at 93,455, with 37,031 of the cases classified as currently active within the community. That means that close to 1 out of every 5 people in El Paso have COVID.