Department of Health county map update Feb. 10: Fifteen counties are now in the Yellow Level

On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham reported that more than half of New Mexico is now in the Green or Yellow Levels.

New Mexicans have been working hard to get this virus back under control and it shows: all but four counties have a test positivity rate below 10%.

Continued aggressive testing efforts and efficient vaccine distribution have contributed to New Mexico's improving outlook. Fifteen counties are now in the Yellow Level: Bernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, Dona Ana, Grant, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, Mora, Quay, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and Valencia counties. Four counties are now in the Green Level: Catron, Harding, Sierra and Union counties. Fourteen counties, including Lincoln County, remain at Red Level restrictions.

The county-by-county framework enables counties to shed restrictions and provides communities the flexibility to operate more day-to-day activities as soon as public health data show the virus is retreating within their borders.

In addition, the state of New Mexico announced a change in its mandatory self-quarantine requirements for visitors into the state, owing to a cautiously brighter pandemic outlook after several months of unsustainable strain on the state’s health care system.

Effective Wednesday, Feb. 10, the state will no longer require self-quarantine for visitors or New Mexicans arriving into the state from “high-risk” states, or states with a 5 percent positivity rate or greater over a 7-day rolling average, or a positive test rate greater than 80 per 1 million residents.

Visitors from anywhere outside of the state will instead be strongly advised to self-quarantine for a period of 14 days and to seek out a COVID-19 test upon their arrival in or return to New Mexico.

View the Amended Executive Order Here

Find more information at http://cv.nmhealth.org/redtogreen