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Scrase predicts majority of counties will be yellow, green next week

A majority of counties in New Mexico will likely be in the yellow or even green levels when the state updates its Red to Green COVID-19 risk assessment system next week, a state health official said Wednesday. Dr. David Scrase, secretary of human services, and Dr. Tracie Collins, secretary-designate of the health department, also said […]

New Mexico vaccinating 9,000 a day amid questions about equitable distribution

New Mexico vaccinating 9,000 a day amid questions about equitable distribution Algernon D Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News © Nathan J Fish/Sun-News COVID vaccines are distributed on NMSU Campus in Las Cruces on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. LAS CRUCES – New Mexico is vaccinating its residents for COVID-19 at a rate of nearly 9,000 daily, health officials said Wednesday, but there were few answers about apparent disparities in the distribution of vaccines through the state s 33 counties. According to data reported by the state Department of Health, a total of 291,742 doses have been administered statewide of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Both vaccines require two shots, spaced weeks apart, and 67,106 had reportedly received both doses as of Wednesday.

State official credits vaccines with lower COVID cases

In this file photo, New Mexico Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase participates in an online meeting with hospital officials and reporters on Dec. 8. Scrase said during a news conference Wednesday that the state is showing improvement in lower case numbers after a four-month surge that strained hospitals. (AP Photo) Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record A state public health official is crediting the increasing number of New Mexico residents being vaccinated each day with the lower COVID-19 case numbers seen in recent days. Dr. David Scrase, secretary of the Human Services Department, said during a Wednesday news conference that, while New Mexico is “not out of the woods,” it is showing improvement in lower case numbers after a four-month surge that he said put great strain on hospitals, health care workers and public health officials.

Hospital denies formal ask for COVID details

Hospital denies formal ask for COVID details Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 2, 2020 Through its legal counsel, Gila Regional Medical Center refused Monday to honor a formal Inspection of Public Records Act request filed by the Daily Press on Nov. 23 without providing a required written status letter within three days of receiving the request. Separately, however, the hospital updated the newspaper this week regarding conditions at the facility as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Grant County.  The New Mexico Department of Health replied in a timely manner to a similar IPRA request from the Daily Press, indicating it would respond within a 15-day limit set out in state law. 

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