New Mexico health leaders to address recent growth in COVID-19 cases

Information convention livestream at 1 p.m.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – For the primary time in practically three months, state well being leaders are anticipated to handle the present state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico throughout a information convention this afternoon. KRQE Information 13 will livestream the briefing right here on this web page, with protection anticipated to begin round 1 p.m.

The state’s Division of Well being (NMDOH) ended its weekly COVID-19 briefings in early March, amid a continued downtrend of circumstances tied to the omicron variant. Since then, state knowledge signifies that pattern continued till roughly mid-April, when the whole variety of identified new circumstances started trending up.

NMDOH nonetheless posts weekly COVID-19 knowledge on an “epidemiology studies” web site, which, partly, calculates the whole variety of newly reported COVID-19 infections every week. Over the past eight studies, state knowledge signifies the state is seeing a pattern of a number of thousand extra newly reported COVID circumstances every week.

On April 18, the state reported 979 new COVID infections over the prior week, from April 12 by means of 18. In the newest report from June 6, the state reported 6,104 new circumstances between Might 31 and June 6.

In March, NMDOH Appearing Secretary Dr. David Scrase acknowledged the state’s optimistic case knowledge is predicted to vary attributable to a shift towards at-home antigen testing. Whereas the state has set-up an internet site to self-report optimistic checks, it’s unclear how many individuals are literally utilizing it.

Whereas circumstances have risen, hospitalizations stay low, a key metric the state mentioned in March 2022. In a March information convention, Dr. Scrase stated: “At this level, what we’ve discovered is the circumstances themselves are not any the place close to as essential as hospitalizations. That’s what the stance the CDC has taken in its suggestions as properly.”

On Tuesday, June 7, New Mexico reported 132 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19, 15 of whom have been on ventilators. Over the past week, from Might 31 by means of June 6, a state report signifies New Mexico noticed 102 new hospitalizations associated to COVID.

Because the state of the pandemic, New Mexico has reported 7,849 deaths attributed to COVID-19, and 541,646 confirmed circumstances.