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new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and 26 additional deaths related to the disease. DOH has typically reported fewer cases on Monday compared to other days of the week, and the number of tests reported since Sunday was much lower than most days. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Monday, with 161 cases.  On Monday, the department reported 611 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, a decrease of one person since Sunday. This could include those from other states who are ho...

The state Department of Health reported 1,266 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 38 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Friday, with 291. Doña Ana County with 190 was the only other county with over 100 newly reported cases. On Friday, the department reported 670 […]

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officials will hold a press conference on Thursday at 3 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 in New Mexico. The press conference will also discuss the state’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Watch the entire press conference below, via the governor’s Facebook page.

The big idea Poverty rates are almost double the national average in areas surrounding streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., according to our recent study, and educational attainment is much lower. Our geography research, published in the GeoJournal in September 2020, analyzed the racial makeup and economic well-being of 22,286 census blocks in the U.S. with roadways bearing the slain civil rights leader’s name. Streets named after Martin Luther King typically run through multiple cens...

pixabay One New Mexico county moved to the “green” level of restrictions and another moved to yellow on Wednesday. The rest of the state’s counties are at the “red” level. Harding County moved to green level after meeting both of the state’s metrics on the number of cases per 100,000 residents and the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests, while Union County’s positivity rate met the metric but the overall number of cases did not, so it is in the yellow level. The state updates th...

When a community reopens its schools and COVID-19 rates increase, other factors – not the reopening of schools – may still be to blame, new research finds.

Andy Lyman The state Department of Health reported 933 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and 15 additional deaths related to the disease. Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Monday, with 261. Doña Ana County was the only other county with 100 or more cases, with 102. DOH also reported six new cases among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections. On Monday, the department reported 704 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 22 people since Sunday. ...

January 12, 2021 As New Mexico looks to move to phase 1B of its COVID-19 vaccination plan, nearly 400,000 New Mexicans have signed up to get their name on the list, Health Secretary-designate Dr. Tracie Collins said in a press conference Monday. As of Monday, and citing information from 81 percent of providers, Collins said the state had received more than 170,000 doses from the federal government—despite a rocky process on the federal level—and administered 78,143 of those doses, including...

Lapsed bookworm? How you can get back into the habit of reading We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Are you reluctant to curl up with a good book? Were you once an avid reader, but you’ve lost the habit? Is there always something more important to do, or more TV series to binge watch, or more social media to scroll? You are not alone. A UK study in 2015 revealed that almost a third of the population, about 16 mil...