Why Texas still leans Republican, and comparing Arizona versus Nevada.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE We’re continuing our series of looking at how the most vote-rich counties in a state vote versus those that make up the rest of the state by moving to the Southwest. The region contains the key swing states of Arizona and Nevada, both of which are dominated by a single county that casts well north of half the statewide vote. Both the top and bottom halves of Texas have moved toward the Democrats from 2012-2020, but the top half just is not blue enough at the moment. Colorado and New Mexico have moved out of the swing state category, pushed by top-half shifts.
Southern New Mexico sees no added virus deaths; 23 statewide
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SANTA FE, New Mexico New Mexico health officials reported 589 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 23 additional deaths Friday, raising the state s totals to 176,793 cases and 3,378 deaths since the pandemic started.
The state s two largest counties led in new daily cases: 174 in Bernalillo (Albuquerque) and 82 in Doña Ana (Las Cruces).
Of the latest deaths reported Friday, none occurred in southern New Mexico.
There was a 3.7% positivity result of the tests analyzed in Fridays s report from the state, according to an analysis by Albuquerque s KOB-TV.
Health officials said that 396 patients were currently hospitalized in New Mexico for Covid-related illness.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico State health officials reported 1,085 new positive daily tests for the coronavirus on Friday, with 22 related deaths. That raises the statewide pandemic infection tally to
172,798 and the death toll to 3,248.
Three of the latest deaths occurred in southern New Mexico and included:
A man in his 50s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A woman in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized.
A man in his 80s from Luna County who was hospitalized.
The state s two largest counties each posted daily triple-digit case increases: 482 in Bernalillo (Albuquerque area) and 104 in Doña Ana (Las Cruces area).
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