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New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 747 New Cases, Total Now 47,232 With 8 New Deaths, 21,623 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon the partial total of 747 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 1 new case today bringing the total to 50 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 8 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported today the most recent cases:

  • 224 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 35 new cases in Chaves County
  • 9 new cases in Cibola County
  • 17 new cases in Curry County
  • 111 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 51 new cases in Eddy County
  • 9 new cases
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Experts At biodiversity Conference Call For Linking Human And Livestock Health With Ecosystems

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The Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. Photo by Jodi Crisp

Global Landscapes Forum News:

  • Addressing the wild meat trade and restoring landscapes, key to preventing the next pandemic

BONN Germany — Dr. Peter Daszak, Sir Robert Watson, Elizabeth Mrema and more than 250 other experts at the Global Landscapes Forum Digital Biodiversity Conference ‘One World, One Health’ Oct. 28-29, called for integrating biodiversity and landscape perspectives into efforts to prevent future outbreaks of zoonoses – diseases of animal origin such as COVID-19, SARS, Ebola and HIV.

The event, joined by 5,000 Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Baseball Season Does The Job With Well Tested COVID Data

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Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

Baseball Season Does The Job With Well Tested COVID Data

Baseball fans delight in James Earl Jones’s slow, rolling sermon on baseball in the 1989 movie, “Field of Dreams.” The diction is folksy: “… The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball … This field, this game — it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.”

Now some 30 years later, baseball is working hard to carry out the promise. The nation is bogged down in the COVID pandemic. Schools are Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Partial Update: 592 New Cases, Total Now 46,490 With 11 New Deaths, 21,570 Patients Recovered

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Note: due to a technical issue, reporting results from some labs to the New Mexico Department of Health have been delayed for today’s update, resulting in a partial total. The delayed results will be included in Sunday’s reporting.

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon the partial total of 592 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 1 new case today bringing the total to 49 cases that have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 11 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department Read More

Environment Department COVID-19 Watchlist Update Oct. 31

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NMED News:

…List includes New Mexico businesses with two or more rapid responses within the last 14 days

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has updated its daily Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist, which includes New Mexico establishments that have had two or more rapid responses in the last 14 days.

There are 103 establishments as of today on the Watchlist. The Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist is posted here.

A rapid response is initiated when the state learns of a positive COVID-19 case in the workplace. NMED or the state agency initiating the rapid response will offer direction Read More

New Mexicans Urged To Stay Home, Watch Movies, Support Local Businesses With Takeout This Halloween

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NMFO News:

SANTA FE – Ahead of this Halloween weekend, the New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) has released a list of Halloween themed productions shot in New Mexico.

The list is composed of horror, thriller, mystery and post-apocalyptic films and television shows produced all across the Land of Enchantment.

“New Mexico has been the location of choice in several productions that fall into the category of Halloween,” NMFO Director Amber Dodson said. “As we continue to urge people to stay home this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is our hope that this list will help ease the search and get folks to Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 1,010 New Cases, Total Now 45,909 With 13 New Deaths, 21,491 Patients Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials have announced this afternoon 1,010 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County remains at 48 cases that 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 reported today the most recent cases:

  • 335 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 29 new cases in Chaves County
  • 28 new cases in Cibola County
  • 1 new case in Colfax County
  • 19 new cases in Curry County
  • 248 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 18 new cases in Eddy County
  • 3 new cases in Grant County
  • 3 new cases
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Los Alamos County Clerk Issues Update On Election Night Results Posting In Light Of COVID-19 Pandemic

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COUNTY News:

In light of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently affirming the ban on mass gatherings for the foreseeable future, Los Alamos County Clerk Naomi Maestas announced today that her office will forego Election Night Reporting (in-person) Tuesday, Nov. 3, inside the Municipal Building.

This decision is intended to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, as the Clerk’s office continues to do its part to battle the ongoing public health pandemic.

As was done in the June 2020 Primary, rather than congregating and waiting for the result tapes from each of the vote centers to be posted Read More