Ryti: Vaccine Distribution In Los Alamos County
Chair Randall Ryti
Los Alamos County Council
Since Jan. 30 when the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) started providing county-level vaccination data, I have been disappointed in the low per capita vaccination rate reported for the County ranking us at 31 of 33 counties in the per capita vaccination rate.
Council has since received numerous comments on this dashboard.
I have been trying to find out if our reported doses are correctly reflected. Council received an update at the Feb. 2 Council meeting from our Emergency Manager Beverley Simpson. This update suggested that numbers on the Read More
New Mexico State Parks Division: Eagle Nest And Fenton Lakes Closed To Ice Fishing Due To Deteriorating Conditions
New Mexico State Parks Division News:
New Mexico State Parks Division has announced that Eagle Nest Lake at Eagle Nest Lake State Park was closed to ice fishing Jan. 4 due to deteriorating ice conditions.
The surface of the lake is closed to all activities. For further information, call 575.377.1594.
The parks division also announced that Fenton Lake State Park closed Fenton Lake today to ice fishing due to deteriorating ice conditions.
All activities on the surface of the lake are prohibited. For more information, call 575.829.3630.
New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 589 New Cases, Total Now 176,793 With 23 New Deaths And 109,068 Patients Recovered
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 589 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
Los Alamos County reports 4 new cases today bringing the total to 460 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Today’s update includes 23 more deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health reports today’s most recent cases:
- 174 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 2 new cases in Catron County
- 24 new cases in Chaves County
- 7 new cases in Cibola County
- 1 new case in Colfax County
- 11 new cases in Curry County
- 1 new case in De Baca County
- 82 new cases
Chart 328: COVID-19 In New Mexico Feb. 5, 2021
The bars in this chart show the number of COVID-19 diagnoses in New Mexico versus date, and the line shows the seven-day average. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-NaimU.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich’s Push For FEMA Cost Share Reimbursement Pays Off For New Mexico
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich’s (D-N.M.) request was granted by the Biden administration to retroactively reimburse state, local, Tribal and territorial governments for 100 percent rather than 75 percent of eligible emergency costs related to fighting COVID-19.
President Joe Biden directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to increase the federal cost share in a memo signed this week.
This means New Mexico will receive additional federal funding to cover the full cost of previously approved activities undertaken Read More
