All counties are turquoise as 60 percent fully vaccinated nears

[TexasTowelie]

Every county in New Mexico is now at the turquoise level, the least restrictive level of restrictions.

“Given the state’s vaccination progress and continued positive outlook with respect to new virus cases, counties will remain at the turquoise level barring exceptional circumstances,” Department of Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins said.

Those exceptional circumstances could include an unforeseen mass outbreak of COVID-19 infections.

Human Services Department Secretary Dr. David Scrase said this was because of not only improvements, but also changes to the way the state’s color-coded county-level restriction system works.

Without the changes put in place by the governor, according to Scrase, five largely rural counties would have been at the yellow level.

Read more: https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2021/06/03/all-counties-are-turquoise-as-60-percent-fully-vaccinated-nears/

[duhneece]

1. Sadly, 'my' county is at 38.8% fully vaccinated

Of course, we're among the reddest, Cowboys for Trump counties in NM...but even we're doing ok.