New Mexico COVID-19 news recap

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The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines started to make their way to health care professionals who will be on the first batch. Read more here.
- The first to receive the vaccine were 112 front-line health workers at Christus St. Vincent in Santa Fe, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
- See also stories from the Associated Press,
- Doses of the vaccine also arrived on the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Times reported.
- Dr. Tracie Collins, the Secretary-Designate of the state Department of Health, will hold a remote press conference on the COVID-19 vaccine at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. It will be streamed on the state DOH Facebook page.
On Monday, the state reported 1,507 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 additional deaths. Read more details here.
- The 21 deaths made the last seven days the deadliest seven-day period since the start of the pandemic, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
While the data was only preliminary, the Legislative Finance Council heard there is no apparent increase in suicides in New Mexico, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
The legislative session that begins in January will likely be a hybrid online/in-person model, the Albuquerque Journal reported. The House could restrict each member to introducing five bills to ease the strain on legislative analysts.
The Silver City Daily Press announced that it sued under a state open records law to find out the occupancy numbers at the Gila Regional Medical Center.
As hospitals remain bursting at the seams with COVID-19 patients, KRQE-TV looked at the expansion of at-home COVID-19 treatments.
The City of Santa Fe unveiled an app to measure where COVID-19 is spreading in the city, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
A COVID-19 testing site at Doña Ana Community College now has oral swab testing, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University, both of which have moved to online courses, have seen low numbers of COVID-19 cases, KRQE-TV reported.
Former members of Calvary Church in Albuquerque say the church is guilting people to attend services in person, KOB-TV reported.
Jury trials in New Mexico will restart in February, the state Supreme Court said in an order on Monday.
The state Legislature may move money from some capital outlay projects to the state unemployment fund or general reservers, KOB-TV reported.
Albuquerque Fire Rescue said that most businesses in the city are following the occupancy limits in the current public health order, KRQE-TV reported.
Two members of the New Mexico State University basketball program’s “tier 1” group of players, coaches, trainers and others tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days, the Albuquerque Journal reported.