COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials did not release COVID-19 data over Easter weekend. On Friday, the state reported 218 new cases and seven more deaths; Santa Fe County had eight new cases and one additional death. As of then, New Mexico had 192,152 cases all told, with 173,981 designated as recovered. The state also did not update its vaccine dashboard over the weekend, leaving the percentage of New Mexicans partially vaccinated at 47.5%, with 30.1% fully inoculated.
Forbes magazine on Friday highlighted New Mexico as the first state to provide vaccines for more than half its adult residents, while NBC News described us as the state closest to achieving herd immunity.