While COVID numbers are on the decline, experts warn to proceed with caution State hit a five-month low in COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 8:25 AM MST Mar 3, 2021 State hit a five-month low in COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 8:25 AM MST Mar 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RECENT PAST AND TALKED TO ONE MEDICAL EXPERT. BRITTANY HOPE HAS THOSE ANSWERS. BRITTANY: NOW THAT MORE THAN 211,000 NEW MEXICANS HAVE RECEIVED TWO SHOTS IN THE ARMS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF. >> IT IS DEFINITELY A MORALITY BURST OR -- BOOSTER TWO KNOW WE ARE NOT GETTING MORE COVID PATIENTS THAT HAVE A BLEAK OUTLOOK. BRITTANY: DR. DENISE GONZALES WORKS IN THE ICU AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL. >> IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THE COVID NUMBERS GO DOWN SO DRAMATICALLY IN OUR HOSPITALS. BRITTANY: YESTERDAY, THE STATE SAW IT’S LOWEST NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES WITH 166, BUT THIS MIGHT NOT MEAN THAT IT’S TIME TO START CELEBRATING. JUST LOOK AT OUR RECENT PAST. THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF DAILY COVID CASES SINCE JULY. IT CAPPED OFF WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF 3,675 CASES IN ONE DAY. A FEW DAYS EARLIER AS CASES WERE REACHING THAT LEVEL, THE GOVERNOR HAD ISSUED A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER VIRTUALLY CLOSING EVERYTHING DOWN. THIS IS HER FROM A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER >> THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT SPELL, QUITE FRANKLY, DISASTER. YESTERDAY, WE HIT A RECORD HIGH. WE ARE AT THE BREAKING POINT. BRITTANY: SINCE THEN, CASES HAVE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THREE MAJOR HOLIDAYS HOWEVER, THERE SMALL SPIKES WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING. DR. GONZALES IS HOPING THERE IS NOT ANOTHER SPIKE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> THEY’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE NORMAL, EVEN THOUGH IN THE ICU, WE DEAL WITH LIFE AND DEATH ON A DAILY BASIS, THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY STRESSFUL. BRITTANY: IN ALBUQUERQUE, BRITTANY HOPE, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. SHELLY: IN THE PAST FOUR WEE