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Nine New Mexico counties, including Bernalillo, have Medium community levels of COVID19 according to the latest CDC data. In contrast, the COVID transmission map that doesn’t include hospitalizations shows most of the upper half of the state shaded in red, or highest levels of COVID spread. Now the confluence of RSV, Flu, and COVID is filling up pediatric beds in hospitals.
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Seven New Mexico counties, including McKinley and San Miguel, have Medium community levels of COVID19 according to the latest CDC data. But when the metric is COVID transmission alone without considering hospitalizations, that green and yellow map turns an alarming red and orange. Nationally, health officials warn that colder months could bring a surge in cases as people gather indoors. But Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said mandatory measures are not going to happen.
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State health officials Thursday rolled out a new website for the COVID omicron booster shot and gave an update on other public health risks in the state. The CDC also announced a change from daily to weekly COVID case and death reports starting October 20.
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Three New Mexico counties - Catron, Grant and Hidalgo - have shifted into high community levels of COVID19 after two weeks when the entire state showed low COVID Community Levels. That’s according to the latest federal data. Two new COVID variants are also raising concerns just as the CDC repeals universal masking guidance for hospitals and health clinics.
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Last week President Joe Biden said the pandemic had ended. Yet the federal public health emergency order is good until mid-October and will likely be extended into January. For two weeks in a row all 33 New Mexico counties are pastel green on the CDC COVID Community Levels map showing low hospitalization rates from the virus across the state. Yet, only two counties, Harding and Hidalgo actually have low COVID transmission rates.
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On the latest CDC COVID maps, all 33 New Mexico counties show low COVID Community levels, indicating further declines in hospitalizations statewide. Yet, COVID is still widespread with 23 counties showing high transmission. The state reported 12 deaths Thursday as health officials gave an update on the state's response to four viruses: COVID-19, Monkeypox, West Nile, and Polio.
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For the first time in months, the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Level map shows not a single county in New Mexico is red, which would indicate high levels. That means fewer people are being hospitalized due to the virus.But the same updated data from the CDC continues to show that the transmission rates of COVID remain high, with the map turning very red. Fortunately, New Mexicans can now access boosters that target the Omicron variants of the virus.
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Based on community levels of COVID-19, which measures the virus’s impact in hospitalizations and strain on the healthcare system, the latest CDC data shows that New Mexico’s map is pretty green – indicating low levels. But, when you look at transmission —the presence and spread of the virus — the map is very red. This latest data comes as we head into a holiday weekend, and as the federal government stops supplying free COVID tests.
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Since March of 2020, we’ve seen COVID-19 continue to mutate into different variants. As of right now Omicron’s subvariant BA.5 remains the dominant strain and the Biden Administration has extended the public health emergency again until October.However, Los Alamos National Laboratory is experimenting with an unusual tool that could effectively fight against and better detect COVID and its variants.
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During our most recent Let’s Talk New Mexico show, advocates, long COVID survivors, and health care professionals expressed concern that more people than ever will develop severe and debilitating disabilities. Reporter Taylor Velazquez continued the conversation with Mia Ives-Rublee, director for the Disability Justice Initiative at American Progress, about the future of our already broken health care system.