New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,266 New Cases, Total Now 161,805 With 38 New Deaths And 84,015 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 1,266 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 17 more cases today … the total is now 378 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes389 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:
- 291 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 77 new cases in Chaves County
- 9 new cases in Cibola County
- 7 new cases in Colfax County
- 46 new cases in Curry County
- 2 new cases in De Baca County
- 190 new cases in Doña Ana County
- 69 new
COVID-19 Testing Underway Tuesdays At Fuller Lodge Will Be Expanded To Include Thursdays Beginning Jan. 28
Curative is helping communities across the country track COVID-19 and slow its spread. Courtesy/Curative
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Emergency Management Office is coordinating with the New Mexico Department of Health to hold COVID-19 “swab” testing clinics for anyone wishing to be tested for the coronavirus
The clinics are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday at Fuller Lodge.
DOH, through the County Emergency Management Office, will be at Fuller Lodge 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays to administer the COVID-19 “swab” for anyone wishing to be tested for the coronavirus.
The next clinic is Tuesday, Read More
PED: 10 New Mexico Public Schools On COVID-19 Watchlist
PED News:
SANTA FE – Ten New Mexico public school buildings appeared on the COVID-19 Watchlist in the week ending today, Jan. 15, signifying they had at least two Rapid Responses within a 14-day period.
Schools On COVID-19 Watchlist:
ALBUQUERQUE:
- James Monroe Middle
AZTEC
- Aztec Maintenance
BAYARD
- Cobre High
FRUITLAND
Ojo Amarillo Elementary
HOBBS
- College Lane Elementary
LAS CRUCES
- Las Cruces Public Schools physical plant
LOS ALAMOS
- Los Alamos High
MONTEZUMA
- United World College-USA
ROSWELL
- Goddard High School
- Roswell High School
During that same period, no schools were placed on the Read More
Vaccination Clinic For Phase 1A, 1B In Los Alamos Jan. 18
COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Emergency Management Office is coordinating with the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) to hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School, 1300 Diamond Dr.
The clinic will be limited to vaccinating remaining healthcare workers in phase 1A and beginning phase 1B, which includes teachers, frontline essential workers and citizens over age 75. This vaccine clinic is free.
Vaccinations are limited. Individuals who meet the 1A and 1B criteria and have pre-registered on the NMDOH website Read More
First Round Of Vaccines For LAPS Staff Begins Monday
A survey of LAPS employees indicates that 93 percent of staff want to be vaccinated. Courtesy/LAPS
LAPS News:
The first round of COVID-19 vaccinations for Los Alamos Public Schools staff begins Monday, Jan. 18.
Staff over age 50 who are working directly with students and are in close contact with students are eligible to be vaccinated in this first round. This includes, for example, elementary staff, middle and high school special education staff, bus drivers running routes, elementary school custodians and secondary coaches.
Just in case there is a reaction to the Pfizer vaccine, EMTs and Read More
New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,434 New Cases, Total Now 160,543 With 29 New Deaths And 82,809 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 1,434 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 9 more cases today … the total is now 361 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 29 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:
- 344 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Catron County
- 73 new cases in Chaves County
- 9 new cases in Cibola County
- 3 new cases in Colfax County
- 38 new cases in Curry County
- 1 new case in De Baca County
- 166 new cases
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2020 Year In Review
Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
Looking back over 2020, Director Thom Mason said it is the 13,000 Laboratory employees that he is most proud of … how they have stepped up and met the challenges of a global pandemic.
LANL Director Thom Mason
Just shifting that large number of employees from working onsite to working remotely was quite an endeavor and Mason commended the employees on having adapted so well.
“Those employees that had to be onsite were safer by not having more people here,” he said during a recent
Chart 306: COVID-19 In New Mexico Jan. 14, 2021
Average daily cases by county. The bars in this chart display the seven-day average number of cases per 100,000 people, and the line shows New Mexico’s ‘red to green’ gating criterion. Los Alamos County (30.3 average cases per 100,000) and its three surrounding counties are highlighted. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
Test positivity rate by county. The bars in this chart display test positivity rates, and the line shows New Mexico’s ‘red to green’ gating criterion. Los Alamos County (5.05 percent test positivity rate) and its three surrounding counties areNew Mexico Department Of Health County Map Update: One Reaches Green Level, One Yellow Level Jan. 13:
DOH News:
- Virus metrics trending in wrong direction in more counties
- Los Alamos among 20 counties with worsening per-capita case rates
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning Jan. 13, with 30 counties at the Red Level.
Twenty counties saw a higher average daily per-capita rate of new cases in the last two weeks, and 17 counties saw a higher test positivity rate; 16 counties worsened in both metrics. Only 12 counties improved in both of the two health gating criteria metrics.
The state’s county-by-county Read More
New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,151 New Cases, Total Now 159,119 With 13 New Deaths And 81,603 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 1,151 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 2 more cases today … the total is now 352 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 13 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:
- 352 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Catron County
- 17 new cases in Chaves County
- 8 new cases in Cibola County
- 7 new cases in Colfax County
- 8 new cases in Curry County
- 1 new case in De Baca County
- 127 new cases in
Chart 305: COVID-19 In New Mexico Jan. 13, 2021
The state of New Mexico updated the COVID-19 county map with risk designations applicable for the two-week period Jan 13-26. New Mexico’s ‘Red to Green’ framework includes two gating criteria: (1) Average daily cases below 8 per 100,000 residents, and (2) test positivity rate below 5 percent. There are three risk designations: (a) RED, none of the gating criteria are met, (b) YELLOW, one gating criteria met, (c) GREEN, both gating criteria are met. Los Alamos County, with average daily cases of 30.3 per 100,000 people and test positivity of 5.05 percent remains in the RED. Catron County movedNew Mexico Has First Case Of B117 Coronavirus Variant
New Mexico Department of Health Investigates One Confirmed Case; One Suspected Case Of Wound Botulism
DOH News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) is investigating one confirmed case and one suspected case of wound botulism.
A 28-year-old male from Eddy County is hospitalized with wound botulism. The suspected source of infection is contaminated black tar heroin, and the nerve toxin that causes botulism was identified from a patient specimen.
A 29-year-old male from Eddy County with a history of injection drug use is hospitalized with suspected wound botulism.
Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium Read More
Homegrown New Mexico Science And Tech Companies Including UbiQD Awarded Innovation Research Grants
UbiGro inside a greenhouse of UbiQD of Los Alamos. Courtesy/UbiQD
STATE News:
- ‘Each of these companies is developing technology that will greatly benefit mankind…’ –EDD
SANTA FE – Three high-tech New Mexico companies will receive New Mexico Small Business Innovation Research (NMSBIR) Grants to help their businesses thrive, announced New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes.
The three companies receiving awards for this round of the grant are:
- UbiQD in Los Alamos;
- BennuBio in Albuquerque; and
- Mesa Photonics in Santa Fe.
Each of these companies Read More
Grant: Let’s Get Aligned For The New Year!
By ELIZABETH GRANT, LPCC
Los Alamos
“A lot of the conflict you have in your life exist simply because you’re not living in alignment; you are not being true to yourself.” –Steve Maraboli
Let’s Get Aligned for the New Year!
Ask people about New Year’s resolutions and they roll their eyes. It’s understandable as it’s estimated that roughly 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions and only 8 percent succeed.
Resolutions are largely ineffective because people pick them from a place of should and no one likes to be should upon. “Should” is associated with external places of validation and Read More
Chart 304: COVID-19 In New Mexico Jan. 12, 2021
The bars in this chart show the number of COVID-19 diagnoses in Santa Fe County versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-NaimNew Mexico COVID-19 Update: 893 New Cases, Total Now 157,974 With 30 New Deaths And 80,580 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 893 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 2 more cases today … the total is now 350 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 30 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:
- 231 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 2 new cases in Catron County
- 35 new cases in Chaves County
- 7 new cases in Cibola County
- 3 new cases in Colfax County
- 22 new cases in Curry County
- 2 new cases in De Baca County
- 105 new cases
Chandler Discusses Her Pre-Filed Bills For 60-Day Session
Rep. Christine Chandler, Dist. 43
From the Office of Rep. Christine Chandler:
Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos) announced this morning that she is sponsoring four pre-filed bills for the upcoming 60-day legislative session.
These bills are part of a broader effort by Rep. Chandler and her House Democratic colleagues to introduce legislation that is not only aimed at helping families and small businesses get back on their feet, but also at lifting the state up and creating opportunity for a generation, she said.
Rep. Chandler is sponsoring the following pre-filed bills:
The Read More
Balderas Secures Conviction Of Former Personal Care Organization Owner Who Defrauded Medicaid Program
Attorney General Hector Balderas
AG News:
SANTA FE — Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that his office has secured a guilty plea from Lolita Begay-Yazzie to one count of Fraud in excess of $20,000, a second degree felony, and one count of Failure to Retain Documents, a fourth degree felony for defrauding New Mexico’s Medicaid program of more than $400,000.
Begay-Yazzie owned and operated a personal care agency in Gallup.
“Medicaid ensures that almost half of all New Mexicans have access to healthcare, and we must do all we can to protect these resources that are so vital to our families,” Read More
Scenes From COVID Vaccination Event At Smith Auditorium
Scene of healthcare providers receiving vaccine this morning at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Joyce Wolff
Healthcare providers receive vaccine this morning at Duane Smith Auditorium. Photo by Joyce Wolff
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