ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The medical community is remembering those who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and the health care professionals who worked to help save lives. Story continues below Community: NMSP confirms body of 16-year-old recovered from Cochiti Lake Do n't Miss: New Mexico judge weighs request to withhold Gene Hackman death records Crime: VIDEO - Albuquerque Tesla Cybertruck vandalized Presbyterian, Lovelace Medical Center and UNM Hospital took a moment of silence Monday to mark five years since the virus first impacted New Mexico. At Presbyterian, more than 17,000 patients were hospitalized with COVID. "I want to make sure that clinical folks, people who take care of others, really feel that they are recognized for all that they gave up, for all the hard work that they did and frankly for going through a very scary time," Presbyterian Healthcare Services Medical Director Denise A. Gonzales said. ...read more read less