An average 2.4 cases per day were reported for the week ending September 7, which represents a nearly two-fold decline from the 4.4 daily cases reported the prior week ending August 31. The current level of transmission remains about 2-fold higher than the average of one reported case per day during late-March/early-April 2022. According to the NMDOH, 1.9% of all ED visits for the two weeks ending September 6 were for COVID-like illness compared to 3.9% for the two-week period ending August 30. This is the lowest reading since the 0.7% value observed for the two weeks ending April 12. COVID-like illness includes ED encounters with chief complaint consisting of fever and cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing, while also including COVID-19 associated discharge diagnoses codes. See HERE
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