April 30, 2021
Grant County, most of NM turn ‘turquoise’ today
Written by
Geoffrey Plant
on April 30, 2021
Starting today, 24 New Mexico counties — including Grant County — will transition to the turquoise level of risk under the state’s revised “Red to Green” framework for determining public health restrictions across the state.
During a COVID-19 press update with health officials Wednesday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced changes to the metrics used to determine color-coded levels of risk associated with the coronavirus. The framework now incorporates county vaccination rates, along with tweaks meant to accommodate the impact that vaccinations have on test positivity rates and new daily case counts, and will be updated on a weekly basis. Actual changes to the color-coded map that defines restrictions across the state will continue to be announced every other week.