New Mexico urges caution for holidays amid virus threat

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials say COVID-19 transmission rates remain high across the state and they’re urging people to be cautious over the holiday weekend. They also acknowledged during a virtual briefing Wednesday that the public will need to learn to live with the virus and take action to reduce risks for older people. The warning comes as workplace safety regulators are investigating the death of a third employee of Santa Fe’s local bus system who was infected with COVID-19. State officials said that New Mexico’s death toll since the pandemic began has topped 5,700 and that every county is experiencing high spread rates.