NEW MEXICO - All 33 New Mexico counties are allowed to operate at the least restrictive level as of Wednesday, with the entire state reporting in the Turquoise Level for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Mexico Department of Health updated the COVID-19 county map Wednesday, June 2, with all 33 counties at the Turquoise Level of the Red-Yellow-Green-Turquoise framework. This indicates "significantly decreased risk of viral transmission statewide."
A new public health order was also released Wednesday, which states all counties will operate at Turquoise regardless of gating criteria, barring "exceptional circumstances" such as a mass outbreak.
Two weeks ago, the only non-Turquoise county was Chaves County, which was reporting in the Green Level. After turning Turquoise, a county's color level will be updated every four weeks rather than every two.