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Update: See the recap of the press conference here. On Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m., Gov. Michelle Lujan held a press conference to discuss COVID-19 and the state’s response. COVID-19 cases have been increasing in recent days, with a week of reporting 200 or more confirmed cases each day. The state’s current public health order will expire on July 15, though it can be amended. See the press conference below.
Wednesday afternoon ,Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state officials held their weekly press conference on COVID-19. Since last Wednesday, the state Department of Health announced 1,157 cases, while cases have increased by large numbers in Arizona and Texas and those states, and others, have reimposed some restrictions. The entire press conference is available below. See the NM Political Report story on what the governor said here.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will gave an update on COVID-19 on Thursday, June 25. The full video is below. See here for the report on what she said.
This daily 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. The state Department of Health announced 147 new cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths related to the disease. Worth watching is the spread in Doña Ana County and the number of hospitalizations. Read more here.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the Legislative Finance Committee put forward their visions for the state budget revisions that will take place in an upcoming legislative session.
This daily 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. New Mexico now has 400 deaths related to COVID-19, the state Department of Health announced Monday. The state also crossed the 9,000 mark on confirmed COVID-19 cases. Read more here.The state Department of Health is beginning to post the amount of money spent on sole source procurements related to the COVID-19 response on the state’s Sunshine Portal, the Albuquerque Journal reported.On Monday, Navajo Nation health officials announced 90 new cases of COVID-19, but no new deaths related to the disease.
This daily recap of COVID-19 news from New Mexico is available in a free daily email. Sign up here. See all of our COVID-19 coverage here. The state announced the single biggest jump in cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began with 331 additional cases. Read our story here. Also see our updates on the latest numbers from Saturday and Sunday.Dr. David Scrase, the state’s Human Services Department secretary, said that masks and social distancing are effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
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This daily recap of COVID-19 news from New Mexico is available in a free daily email. Sign up here. See all of our COVID-19 coverage here. The number of COVID-19 test positive cases reached 7,800 residents Monday and one of the six additional deaths was an inmate at Otero County Prison Facility, the first in a prison or jail in the state. Read our story here. Navajo Nation health officials announced 131 new cases of COVID-19 for the Navajo Nation and two additional deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic to 5,479 on the Navajo Nation, with 248 deaths.
This daily recap of COVID-19 news from New Mexico is available in a free daily email. Sign up here. See all of our COVID-19 coverage here. The governor said the next public health order, which will go into effect on June 1, will allow gyms, hair salons, tattoo parlors and dine-in restaurants to open at reduced capacity. See the details here.Health Secretary Kathyleen Kunkel also said they would be offering more testing in vulnerable populations and among workers, the Albuquerque Journal reported. This includes aggressively testing in a workplace when one employee tests positive.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced 108 additional cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths during her press conference.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham held her weekly press conference about COVID-19 in New Mexico and the state’s response on Thursday. Related: State will move to expand reopening of businesses beginning June 1