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Revised: Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 543
Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 543
Update includes one additional death related to COVID-19
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced 51 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
23 new cases in Bernalillo County
4 new cases in Cibola County
1 new case in Lincoln County
1 new case in Los Alamos County
1 new case in McKinley County
1 new case in Rio Arriba County
2 new cases in Sandoval County
9 new cases in San Juan County
6 new cases in Santa Fe County
3 new cases in Torrance County
Today's announced cases include additional positive tests from the La Vida Llena long-term care facility in Albuquerque, where 5 additional residents and 8 additional staff members have now tested positive for COVID-19.
The Department of Health on Friday also reported one additional death in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
DROP OFF location CHANGE: Fabric donations needed for GRMC Auxiliary and volunteers sewing gowns and masks
The Gila Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and a group of community members are sewing masks and isolation gowns for the hospital.
They need more fabric, 100 percent cotton or mostly cotton sheets can be used for gowns, and smaller pieces of 100 percent cotton or mostly cotton fabric are needed for masks.
Those who can donate such supplies can drop fabric off at at 1515 W Market St, up hill to blue house at Corner of Cheyenne St. Box on porch.
Silver Schools has released the Continuous Learning Plan starting on April 6 and continuing through May 22, 202
Silver Consolidated School District has released the Continuous Learning Plan (Online Learning) for the district in light of the public order to shutdown school buildings for the remainder of SY19-20. The plan will start on April 6, 2020 and conclude on May 22, 2020. The plan can be accessed at http://www.silverschools.org/continuous_learning_plan, our district Facebook page and via email from our School Messenger system.
Further, please feel free to reach out to your student’s teacher or send questions to the parent help line at https://silverconsolidated.on.spiceworks.com/portal/tickets. A plan is being devised so parents can make phone contact with the buildings and teachers through Virtual Office Hours and that schedule will be released in the coming days.
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By Hallie Richwine
In the live-streamed press conference on April 3, 2020, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham spoke to New Mexicans about what is being done to keep as many of us healthy as possible. "Given our health care issues and aging population this is a high risk state and we need to do more to protect our families," Lujan Grisham said.
Secretary of Health Kathy Kunkel explained there are currently sixty sites that are able to conduct COVID-19 testing, and forty-four of those sites were active in twenty-two counties today. Kunkel said the testing sites are listed on the website and those without access to the internet can call the hotline at 1-855-600-3453. "The Department of Health meets every day to determine if there are hot spots to open up additional sites," Kunkel said. She said nursing homes and pueblos have been utilizing testing now that the criteria has lessened. "Of course, with increased testing there is more work in laboratories, and we are working with labs to increase traffic."
Updated New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 495
Update includes three additional deaths related to COVID-19
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 93 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
39 new cases in Bernalillo County
3 new case in Cibola County
1 new case in Doña Ana County
8 new cases in McKinley County
26 new cases in Sandoval County
9 new cases in San Juan County
4 new case in Socorro County
2 new cases counties not yet identified
The Department of Health on Friday also reported three additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The cases are:
Five Mexican marijuana smugglers caught
By Roger Lanse
According to a U.S. Department of Justice press release, Raul Sierra Garcia, 20; Jesus Nuyes Ortijo, 25; Manuel Coronado Miranda, 43, and Raul Sierra Rascon, 42, all of Sahuaripa, Sonora, Mexico; and Martin Sierra Garcia, 18, of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, appeared in Las Cruces federal court on Thursday, April 2, 2020 on a criminal complaint charging them with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and conspiracy.
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