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New Mexico's indoor mask mandate extended through Nov. 12
The decision to extend the statewide mask requirement comes as hospitals are once again headed toward rationing care.
The state's coronavirus death toll is now 4,930, while its total number of cases rose to 263,755.
A judge is set to rule Friday on a request to block the vaccine mandate.
The state Department of Health reported 20 additional deaths from COVID-19 and 879 new cases as of Thursday. Santa Fe County had 44 new cases.
The state Department of Health reported 709 more people had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday, as well as 14 new deaths from the virus.
Families of COVID-19 patients say they're being denied the right to be with loved ones at a crucial time.
Santa Fe County reported 103 cases between Saturday and Tuesday.
Local health officials say the coronavirus pandemic makes it doubly important to get a flu shot this year.
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New Mexico's daily count of new coronavirus cases edged up to 1,025 on Thursday, when state health officials also reported 14 new deaths from COVID-19.
Pfizer is asking the U.S. government to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.
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State health officials reported 838 new coronavirus cases, with about one-fourth in Bernalillo County.
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Critics say it violates the intent of the legislation, which was meant to help students catch up on learning after months of remote schooling.
The state added 540 new cases to its list, including 154 in Bernalillo County.
12 deaths added to total over weekend
On Friday, 347 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in New Mexico.
The mandate eventually would affect more than 6.7 million public and private school students in the nation's most populous state.
The fear is that the rollout of booster shots will lead some people to question the effectiveness of the vaccine in the first place.
New Mexico's coronavirus numbers remained consistent Wednesday, with the state Department of Health reporting 632 new cases and 12 deaths.
New Mexico's daily COVID-19 report added 613 new cases and 12 deaths Tuesday.
New Mexico has now seen more than a quarter-million coronavirus cases.
Two Taos County women were among the fatalities.
Santa Fe County reported 38 infections Thursday.
A Santa Fe County man in his 80s was among the newly reported fatalities.
New Mexico added 1,525 new COVID-19 cases during a three-day reporting period that ended Monday.
The president's plan was criticized by medical professionals who cited a lack of safety data on extra doses and raised doubts about the value of mass boosters, rather than ones targeted to specific groups.
The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday reported 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the state's toll to 4,675 fatalities.
Two Santa Fe County women were among the newly reported fatalities.
Health officials expect a downturn in the outbreak, but say the indoor mask mandate will continue.
The state reported 690 new cases of coronavirus, including 220 in Bernalillo County.
The state reported 1,786 new cases for a three-day period that included Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Some families must travel farther and deal with more logistical challenges in transporting animals a greater distance. But few seem to be complaining.
According to the district, contact tracing showed none of the cases were likely contracted on school grounds.
A San Miguel County man in his 40s and a Taos County man in his 90s were among the newly reported deaths.
Nearly 400 patients were hospitalized for COVID-19 across the state.
Fifteen more New Mexicans died from the disease, according to the Department of Health's daily report. One of the victims was a Santa Fe County man who had been hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
"There's something about our response this time … that has created this change in the shape of the curve," Dr. David Scrase, the state’s top health official, said Wednesday.
One of the victims who died was a woman in her 50s from Santa Fe County.
The gain of 235,000 jobs reported Friday by the Labor Department was well below what economists had expected.
The state Department of Health reported 914 new cases and eight more deaths.
Among the dead was a Los Alamos County man in his 90s.
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"We are still going to have a couple of really rough weeks," Dr. David Scrase, New Mexico's top public health official, said Wednesday.
Those who've written their glooms — both by hand and via email — have made it plain they want the coronavirus nightmare, now headed to its second full year, to waft away.
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State health officials agreed that the county's surge couldn't be pinned solely on the university's spate of cases.
The state also reported 875 new cases of the coronavirus, including 19 in Santa Fe County.
Unlike several counties in Eastern New Mexico, which have lagged in vaccinations, San Miguel County's vaccination rate is fairly strong.
The state Department of Health reported Monday that New Mexico saw an additional 2,286 cases.
Demand is so high in New Mexico and nationwide that some hospitals are paying traveling nurse agencies $200 an hour or more for temporary use of one of their people.
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