Local COVID-19 metrics improve, but county still in Red
Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record Six more counties crossed the threshold into the Yellow Level in New Mexico’s COVID-19 risk assessment system Wednesday, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. Although Chaves County was not one of them, the local metrics again saw improvement. In Wednesday’s daily update, the state reported 755 new cases of COVID-19 including 47 in Chaves County. No local deaths related to the disease were among the 27 reported in the state. Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Los Alamos, San Miguel and Colfax counties joined Union County in the high-risk Yellow Leve...