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NMDOH County Map Update: Nearly Entire State Turquoise! NMDOH News: SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced today the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning today, May 5, with 30 New Mexico counties at the Turquoise Level, at which there are the fewest restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activities amid decreased virus risk. The majority of the state’s counties remain at the least restrictive levels. As of today, May 5, two counties a...

Otero County reaches Turquoise level The New Mexico Department of Health updated its case outlook map Wednesday, May 5 and Otero County reached the Turquoise level. As of May 5, Otero County had a 2.93% positivity rate, 8.4 cases per 100,000 Otero County residents and 33.7% of residents fully vaccinated. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the final vaccination shot which is after the first if the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 is used and after the second dose of Moderna or...

Christina Rodriguez Created: May 05, 2021 08:55 AM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — State officials announced last week that the Red to Green reopening framework will now factor in vaccination rates. As of Wednesdays update, most New Mexico counties are now in the Turquoise level. 30 counties — Bernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Doña Ana, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Luna, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, Sandoval,...

The New Mexico Department of Health updated the county COVID-19 map Wednesday, with all but three counties in the state in the Turquoise Level.

Eddy County continued to meet criteria to remain in the turquoise category with the least restrictive COVID-19 regulations set by the State of New Mexico, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH). On Wednesday, DOH said in a news release 30 New Mexico counties were at the Turquoise Level, at which there are the fewest restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activities amid decreased virus risk. A new per-capita rate of new COVID-19 cases of no greater 10 per 100,000 inhabitants...

Reopening map shows almost every New Mexico county, including Dona Ana, is now low risk SANTE FE, New Mexico -- All but three counties in New Mexico are now in the least restrictive Turquoise level according to the latest map released from the state Department of Health on Wednesday. New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins and New Mexico Human Services Department Secretary Dr. David Scrase provided the update at Covid-19 briefing that you can watch in the video player at...

Loosening COVID-19 restrictions in Eddy County meant numerous local events were allowed to resume after a year of virtual gatherings or outright cancellations.  Eddy County was one of 24 counties across New Mexico to move to the Turquoise category on Friday after the State of New Mexico updated key health metrics used to assign risk levels to counties under the Red-Yellow-Green COVID-19 framework now in effect, read a news release from the Office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.  Turquoise is...

Nearly every New Mexico county now Turquoise or Green CORRECTION: The below release corrects typos in the previous iteration referring to the effective date for the updated statewide map criteria and the updated capacity limits for houses of worship. We regret the oversight.  To reiterate, the updated statewide map is effective today, April 30 . SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map, with updated key health metrics used to ass...

NMDOH The April 30th reopening map for New Mexico. SANTA FE, New Mexico -- Friday marked the start of New Mexico’s updated color-coded framework for determining Covid-19 risks in each of the state’s 33 counties, with state officials saying the changes were aimed at providing a more accurate picture of risk given increasing vaccination rates. By shifting the metrics, more counties were now at a level at which there are fewer restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activities. In all, 24 c...

Eddy County resumes community events as COVID-19 restrictions relaxed Mike Smith, Carlsbad Current-Argus © Mike Smith Current-Argus Felicia Velasquez (left) and Pastor Dan Phelps prepare for the 109th May Day Breakfast at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Artesia on April 30, 2021. Church members were not sure if the breakfast would be held this year due to COVID-19. Loosening COVID-19 restrictions in Eddy County meant numerous local events were allowed to resume after...