New Mexico sees nearly 15,000 new coronavirus cases in three days
The expected decline of the omicron variant still is a ways off.
The state Department of Health reported Monday New Mexico added 14,898 new COVID-19 cases, plus 33 deaths over a Saturday-through-Monday time period.
There were 929 cases in Santa Fe County. Bernalillo County led the state with 4,150.
A woman in her 60s from Santa Fe County was among the dead. She had been hospitalized and died within the past 30 days, the Department of Health said. A man in his 30s from Rio Arriba County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions also died.
The death toll in New Mexico from the coronavirus now stands at 6,292.
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