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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officers held a distant information convention Wednesday, February 10 to offer an replace on COVID-19 in New Mexico and the up to date county map. Progress was the theme of the governor’s newest replace.
COVID-19 instances have been trending downward in New Mexico in addition to the state’s general take a look at positivity fee. In keeping with the New Mexico Division of Well being web site, the state’s most up-to-date seven-day rolling common COVID-19 take a look at positivity fee is 5.1% which was posted on February 6. Over 350,000 COVID vaccines have now been administered within the state. As of Tuesday, greater than 250,000 New Mexicans have acquired at the very least one dose of the vaccine.
Greater than half of the state has now moved into the much less restrictive yellow or inexperienced ranges. The state additionally introduced New Mexicans now not have to quarantine in the event that they journey. In only a month, New Mexico has turned it round going from nearly all crimson to principally yellow and inexperienced.
Nonetheless, even on the inexperienced stage, there are nonetheless limits and companies like bars, film theaters, and leisure services nonetheless can’t open. “I don’t need of us to assume that the inexperienced is the place we finish. The inexperienced says we’ve executed such a superb job that we will start to do different expansions as properly. I don’t have a reputation for it but however search for ‘inexperienced plus’ coming to you quickly,” stated Gov. Lujan Grisham.
As of now, the perfect a county could be is inexperienced and 4 are Harding, Union, Sierra and Catron counties. Fifteen counties are in yellow together with the state’s most populous counties, Bernalillo, Dona Ana, Santa Fe, and Sandoval. Yellow means eating places can now permit indoor eating at 25% capability and patio eating at 75%. Church buildings can now be a 3rd full and folks can collect in teams of ten.
Secretary for the Human Companies Division Dr. David Scrase describes the case curve map as nice. He says that is because of each COVID-safe practices and the extra New Mexicans having the ability to get the vaccine. “This week we’re in a position to say that 16% of the lower we now have seen in instances, we now have seen a 16% lower in instances because of the vaccine alone,” Dr. Scrase stated.
NMDOH Secretary-Designate Dr. Tracie Collins says New Mexico is able to giving out 50,000 doses of the vaccine a day however is barely getting a cargo of 61,000 for all of subsequent week. In the meantime, beginning Thursday, New Mexicans or guests who depart or come into the state now not are required to quarantine for 14 days. The state nonetheless recommends self-quarantining and getting a COVID take a look at should you journey.
