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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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Nationally, almost 500 people are dying daily of COVID-19 on average. In New Mexico, it’s five per day. That’s fewer than two weeks ago and hospitalizations have declined. But the number of counties at the highest levels of the virus rose to 11 this week according to the latest data from the CDC, including Bernalillo. The CDC and state health officials recommend wearing N95 masks indoors, in public settings in such counties, but there are no mandates in place. KUNM’s Jered Ebenreck has this update.
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State health officials on August 4, 2022 said Monkeypox is a new public health emergency and that COVID cases remain high in a third of New Mexico counties thanks to the highly transmissible BA.5 variant. However the growth in case numbers has plateaued. Acting Health Secretary Dr. David Scrase and Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Laura Parajon both spoke about the diseases.
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New Mexico now has 8 counties at the highest orange level, 3 less than last week, on the updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID community levels map. Still populous counties like Bernalillo and Sandoval are orange and the CDC and NMDOH recommend that anyone in orange counties wear N95 masks indoors in public settings. KUNM’s Jered Ebenreck provides this update.
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New Mexico now has 11 counties with high COVID-19 community levels, including Bernalillo and Sandoval. That’s according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday, July 28. It’s six fewer counties than last week, but large swaths of red on the state map show the continuing surge driven by the highly transmissible BA5 variant.
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Acting New Mexico Health Secretary Dr. David Scrase said Thursday the state is in a very different pandemic than two years ago. However he warned of rising case numbers later this summer.
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A public health task force mandated by state lawmakers has been meeting since last September and is now seeking public input on its recommendations to strengthen the state’s public health infrastructure in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The draft report names racism and climate change as top priorities in New Mexico. KUNM reporter Jered Ebenreck explains.
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An understaffed Department of Health provided its last media COVID-19 briefing on June 8th. Since then, 100 more New Mexicans have died from the disease, over 2000 since January. In sharp contrast, DOH shows nearly one-tenth (197) as many Pneumonia and Flu deaths combined from October 1, 2021 to May 15, 2022.