To assist with more complete case monitoring in New Mexico, NMDOH encourages residents to download the NM Notify app and to report positive COVID-19 home tests on the app, or for a fast and easy way to report your at-home test results online
Reported case incidence rates for the first two weeks of January decreased sharply for all ages, excluding 20-34 years olds, where rates jumped from 3.7 to 10.1 cases per 100,000 based on 5 reported January cases.
Levels of the SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in county wastewater remained at stable low levels over the past several weeks, consistent with stable low levels of reported case transmission.
NMDOH reports the percentage of emergency department (ED) visits in county residents for COVID-like illness remained stable at 1.4% for the two-week time period ending January 18.
For the week ending January 18, the Community Level remained at LOW for Los Alamos County, as it did for the three other counties (Taos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe) which collectively comprise the regional Health Services Area (HSA) over which CDC hospitalization metrics are calculated.
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To assist with more complete case monitoring in New Mexico, NMDOH encourages residents to download the NM Notify app and to report positive COVID-19 home tests on the app, or for a fast and easy way to report your at-home test results online, visit https://makemytestcount.org/.
For the week ending December 30, a total of 22 cases were reported by NMDOH compared to 7 cases reported for each of the prior two weeks ending December 16 and December 23, respectively.
NMDOH reports the percentage of emergency department (ED) visits in county residents for COVID-like illness remained stable at 1.9% for each of the two-week time periods ending December 21 and January 4
Community Level remained at LOW for Los Alamos County, as it did for the three other counties (Taos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe) which collectively comprise the regional Health Services Area (HSA)