Doña Ana County COVID-19 numbers improve; most counties now turquoise
View Comments LAS CRUCES - New Mexico Department of Health updated the state's county COVID-19 map Wednesday, with 32 counties remaining in the least restrictive Turquoise Level and Chaves County advancing to the Green Level. Doña Ana County turned Turquoise May 5 when the state updated the gating criteria for its Red-Yellow-Green-Turquoise framework. When a county turns Turquoise, color levels will be updated every four weeks rather than every two. However, county averages are still updated. To get to Green, counties are required to meet two of these three: a rate of no more than a dai...