
The Latest: New Mexico sees its most new cases in weeks
SANTA FE, N. M. ??" New Mexico health officials on Friday confirmed an additional 659 COVID-19 infections, the highest daily case count in more than three weeks. Nearly 30% of the new cases involved state inmates. Officials earlier this week expressed optimism about downward trends in the overall spread of the virus, with all of the state's counties reporting positivity rates below 10%. However, they acknowledged that the seven-day rolling average of daily cases remained above targets. In all,...
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Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Mon, 22 Feb 2021
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