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Chart: 558: COVID-19 Update New Mexico Jan. 3, 2022

January 3, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This chart shows the seven-day average number of COVID-19 diagnoses versus date in Los Alamos County. The seven-day average exceeded 16 for the first time this week. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim

New Mexico COVID-19 Update Dec. 31-Jan. 3, 2022: 7,313 New Cases, Totaling 357,480 & 11 Deaths & 311,304 Recovered

January 3, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials announced 7,313 new COVID-19 cases between Friday Dec. 31, 2021 and Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.

Los Alamos County reported 92 new cases between Dec. 31 and Jan. 4, bringing the total to 1,126 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

This update includes 11 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19 and a 7-Day positivity rate of 17.9 percent.

Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

County Health Council Meets On Zoom Jan. 6

January 3, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Health Council will meet at noon Thursday, Jan. 6 via Zoom.

This meeting is open to the public.

Find the agenda to this meting here: Jan. 6, 2022 Health Council Agenda.

Find the link to this meeting here.

Webinar ID: 863 7506 7263 Read More

Pig+Fig Moves To Take Out Only For Customer, Staff Safety

January 2, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

PIG + FIG News:

For the safety of its customers and staff, Pig + Fig at 11 Sherwood Blvd., in White Rock is switching to take out only.

“Due to the widespread number of positive COVID-19 cases in our community, we will no longer be offering indoor dining for the foreseeable future and will be switching to only takeout,” owner Laura Crucet announced today. “This is a difficult decision but we feel like it is the responsible one and we ask for your patience and flexibility as we move forward through this difficult time.

“More than anything, we pray for the health and safety of all our neighbors and their Read More

Skolnik: Keeping Schools Open In The Face Of Omicron

January 2, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

In an unfortunate twist of fate, schools in New Mexico are set to reopen just as the Omicron variant has dramatically appeared. The number of COVID cases in the US is climbing rapidly. Many states have also seen a major increase in pediatric cases and in the hospitalization of children due to COVID-19. Cases have begun to rise again in New Mexico.

In this light, we should be especially concerned about how we can safely reopen our schools and keep them open in the face of this new variant. This is especially important since students will also be returning to school shortly Read More

Rotary: Hearing Loss Specialist Monique Hammond

January 1, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Hearing Loss Specialist Monique Hammond

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

“There was suddenly so much more to hearing loss than not hearing well,” explained hearing loss specialist Monique Hammond in November when she recently joined the Rotary Club of Los Alamos by Zoom from her home in Minneapolis.

Hammond elaborated, describing how she had enjoyed a successful career as a hospital pharmacist, but in 2005 experienced “sudden deafness” in her left ear at a church fundraiser where loud music was played.

Also known as sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), it occurs Read More

Bandelier Superintendent Patrick Suddath Speaks At Rotary

January 1, 2022 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

Bandelier Superintendent Patrick Suddath speaking at a recent Rotary Club meeting. Photo by Linda Hull

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

When addressing the Rotary Club of Los Alamos in November, Bandelier Superintendent Patrick Suddath recalled his first day on the job in Frijoles Canyon, the park’s center of activity.

He has maintained an unrelenting pace since then and is working closely with Valles Caldera National Preserve Superintendent Jorge Silva-Bañuelos to “share resources, integrate management across the ecosystem, and improve coordination with stakeholders”, Read More

Chart: 557: COVID-19 Update New Mexico Dec. 31

December 31, 2021 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

This chart shows the seven-day average number of COVID-19 diagnoses versus date in the United States. The seven-day average topped 300,000 for the first time this week. Source: New York Times. Created by Eli Ben-Naim

No New Mexico COVID-19 Update Issued Today

December 31, 2021 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

STATE News:

SANTA FE — The state’s daily COVID-19 case count update will not be issued today, Dec. 31, due to NMDOH offices being closed in observance of the New Year Holiday.

The next COVID-19 case count update will appear Monday, Jan. 3. Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update Dec. 30: 2,209 New Cases, Totaling 350,043 With 26 New Deaths And 303,418 Recovered

December 30, 2021 by Submitted by Carol A. Clark

STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials announced 2,209 new COVID-19 cases today, Dec. 30.

Los Alamos County reported 20 new cases, bringing the total to 1,033 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

This update includes 26 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19 and a 7-Day positivity rate of 13.8 percent.

Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

791 new cases in Bernalillo County
1 new case in Catron County
156