January 28, 2021

Recap of New Mexico COVID-19 news (1/28/21 edition)

This morning recap of COVID-19 news from New Mexico is available in a free email every weekday. Sign up here. See all of our COVID-19 coverage here. Seven counties reached the “yellow” benchmark and one remained in green, but many counties are approaching yellow status. Read more here. As of Tuesday, the state said it had […]

Matthew Reichbach

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See all of our COVID-19 coverage here.

Seven counties reached the “yellow” benchmark and one remained in green, but many counties are approaching yellow status. Read more here.
As of Tuesday, the state said it had administered 216,913 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine (7,333 more than announced on Monday) out of the 235,025 doses it has received from the federal government. The state had administered 63,453 doses in the previous seven days.
A four year old was released from the hospital after a nine-month hospital stay for COVID-19, which included more than five months in the pediatric ICU, KRQE-TV reported.
School districts throughout the state responded to the news that hybrid learning is able to return on Feb. 8 for all public school students.
- Albuquerque Public Schools won’t reopen in-person learning on Feb. 8, but the board will meet on Feb. 3, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
- Las Cruces Public Schools will reevaluate its hybrid plans during the district’s next board meeting on Feb. 2, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
- Santa Fe Public Schools also said they’re examining their options, and one is similar to the modified hybrid model the district used in October, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
- School districts in San Juan County are also evaluating, with Aztec Municipal School District allowing the first group of students to return on Feb. 8, the Farmington Daily Times reported.
- Los Lunas and Belen Consolidated Schools issued a statement that they are assessing plans for reentry to in-person learning, the Valencia County News-Bulletin reported.
- The Los Alamos Public Schools board president said the board will meet on Feb. 9 to discuss the plans for reopening to in-person learning.
- Santa Fe Prep, a private school, has students spend one week on campus with two weeks at home, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
Legislators might mandate an expanded school year next year, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell attended an event with no social distancing or enforcement of a mask mandate this weekend, the Alamogordo Daily News reported.
Navajo Nation health officials reported 152 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Santa Fe police will begin to crack down on those who violate the state’s public health order, KRQE-TV reported.
A shipping and printing business in Rio Rancho that opened in February was finding out how to survive during the pandemic, the Rio Rancho Observer reported.
The Student Activities Center at the University of New Mexico will organize “Lobo Social Packs” to help students socialize safely, both in-person and virtually, the Daily Lobo reported.