Health officials monitor counties bordering Texas
State concerned about COVID surges after Abbott lifts mask mandate
New Mexico health officials said Wednesday they will be closely watching the COVID-19 situation in...
Nearly one-quarter of county registered for vaccine
About 24% of Chaves County residents have registered with the New Mexico Health Department to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to new data on...
No new virus cases, 1 death recorded locally Monday
No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chaves County in Monday’s daily update from the New Mexico Department of Health. One local death...
Two-day COVID-19 case numbers rise and fall
Daily reports of new COVID-19 cases were up and down over the last two days.
Driven by higher than usual numbers from Bernalillo County and...
State’s daily case count sees slightly higher numbers
Driven by higher than usual numbers from Bernalillo County and a county correctional facility, the state reported 659 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
Daily case counts —...
More county residents receive COVID-19 vaccine
The number of Chaves County residents who have received COVID-19 vaccines has grown by several hundred in the last week, according to Thursday’s update...
Chaves County moves to Yellow Level, easing restrictions
Chaves County is out of the red.
The county’s test positivity rate for COVID-19 dropped more than 4 percentage points to 3.22% in Wednesday’s update...
Program to help New Mexicans cope with COVID-19
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Human Services Department has launched a statewide mental health support line to help New Mexicans experiencing anxiety, stress...
Only 2 new local cases of COVID-19 recorded Tuesday
Chaves County recorded only two new cases of COVID-19 in the daily update from the New Mexico Department of Health on Tuesday. No local...
County’s COVID-19 risk puts Arbor Day, other events in question
The county’s COVID-19 risk could mean changes to or even cancellation of upcoming events, including the city’s annual Arbor Day giveaway.
The state wants...
State has given more than half-million vaccine doses
More than a half-million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in New Mexico, according to the Department of Health’s vaccination dashboard on Monday.
The...
City gets social with virtual public forums
Hoping for more engagement with the public, the city of Roswell took a more social approach in launching its 2021 virtual public forums Thursday...
County reports 24 COVID cases for 2 days
New Mexico reported 745 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and Saturday, as well as 30 deaths, according to information released by the New...
Vaccinations increase locally, statewide
Another 15,000 people received COVID-19 vaccinations in the state including nearly 200 in Chaves County, according to Friday’s update on the New Mexico Department...
Chaves County ranks low by percentage of population vaccinated
More Chaves County residents are receiving first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine although the county ranks low by percentage of population receiving...
Scrase predicts majority of counties will be yellow, green next week
A majority of counties in New Mexico will likely be in the yellow or even green levels when the state updates its Red to...
Local COVID hospital use down in latest report
People with COVID-19 cases filled about 102 to 105 local hospital beds from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11, the weekly update of a federal...
No local deaths, 6 new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday
Six new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chaves County in Tuesday’s update from the New Mexico Department of Health. No local deaths were...
County reports 2 COVID-19 deaths since Saturday
Two more local deaths related to COVID-19 were reported since Saturday, but Chaves County reported low numbers of new cases in that time.
On Sunday,...
Local COVID cases go up by 37, deaths by 4
Chaves County had another four deaths related to COVID-19 and 37 new coronavirus cases on Friday and Saturday, according to information released on those...
Four local deaths reported in Friday COVID-19 update
Four local deaths related to COVID-19 were among the 23 reported by the New Mexico Department of Health on Friday.
The deceased were a man...
County reports 101 new COVID cases, 1 death Thursday
After low numbers of new COVID-19 cases over the last few weeks, Chaves County reported 101 new cases in Thursday’s update from the New...
State launches new COVID reporting tool
The New Mexico Environment Department has created a new online form for employers to report COVID-19 cases in their workplaces and to complete the...
State officials see progress in fight against COVID-19
New executive order eases travel quarantines
Chaves County saw significant improvement in its COVID-19 risk factors in recent weeks but remains categorized as a “Red...
Three local COVID-19 deaths reported Tuesday
Three Chaves County men were among the 19 deaths related to COVID-19 reported Tuesday by the New Mexico Department of Health.
The deceased were a...
Local COVID hospitalizations drop in latest federal report
Local hospital beds used for COVID-19 patients for the last few days of January and the first days of February decreased for the second...
3 new virus cases, 1 death recorded locally Monday
Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chaves County in Monday’s daily update from the New Mexico Department of Health. One local death...
County reports 41 COVID-19 cases, no deaths since Friday
Forty-one new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chaves County over the last two days, according to updates from the New Mexico Department of...
Correctional Center reports new case of COVID-19
The New Mexico Department of Health reported 589 new cases of COVID-19 in its daily update Friday, including 24 in Chaves County and one...
County reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death Thursday
Eighteen new cases of COVID-19 and one death related to the virus were reported in Chaves County in Thursday’s daily update from the New...