SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials on Friday reported an additional 175 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 23,160 since the pandemic began.
The tally marks another day of lower daily case counts as state health officials look to keep the numbers from spiking again. Two of the state’s more populous counties – Bernalillo and Doña Ana – accounted for 40% of the newly reported cases.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said during an online briefing Thursday that as long as the state can sustain lower case counts, the potential for reopening parts of the economy become greater.
Case counts are just one metric that health officials are tracking. Others include the rate of spread, hospitalizations and the capacity for contact tracing. Officials said this week that those targets are being met.
The state reported an additional six deaths Friday, bringing that total to more than 700 statewide. The latest deaths involve two people from San Juan County, including a man in his 30s who had underlying conditions.
