Health officials in New Mexico reported Tuesday that the daily number of positive test results for COVID-19,434 was the lowest score in the country in nearly four months.
Santa Fe County had 32 new businesses.
The news came when the state received a new consignment of COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total amount of doses available in New Mexico to 312,250.
Healthcare providers administered more than 284,000 of the doses, including 63,826 boosters for the two-shot vaccine. About 39 percent of the 565,000 New Mexico residents who registered with the state to receive the vaccine received at least their first dose.
The state has had 175,000 COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic in March and 3,310 residents have died from the disease. Health officials announced another 15 deaths on Tuesday.
There were 492 people in the state admitted to the hospital on Tuesday for treatment of COVID-19, with 12,185 hospitalizations throughout the pandemic.
More than 100 nursing homes and relief agencies in the state have had at least one case in the past 28 days, including many in Santa Fe.