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The state Department of Health reported 884 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and 34 additional deaths related to the disease.
It was the third straight day that the state reported fewer than 1,000 cases after reporting just 628 cases on Tuesday.
But the sixty cases between Tuesday and Wednesday brought the total number of deaths related to COVID-19 to over 3,000.
Bernalillo County had the most newly reported cases on Wednesday, with 213 cases. Doña Ana County was the only other county with 100 or more cases, with 144.