Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services will end their agreements with 15 contractor nurses from various nursing agencies. The nurses' agreements are 13-week contracts which can be renewed or canceled every two weeks.

 

"We are mandated by the State of New Mexico to end elective surgeries as are all the other hospitals in the state," RMCHCS CEO David Conejo said. "With this new rule in effect, it affects our finances. As we approach the difficult financial challenges COVID-19 imposes on us, like many other businesses across the globe, we are taking prudent financial steps which make sense.”

 

RMCHCS announced plans last week to reduce elective hospital admissions by...

VIRUS CLAIMS 7 LIVES

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — According to the Navajo Department of Health and Navajo Area Indian Health Service, in coordination with the Navajo Epidemiology Center, the number of positive tests for COVID-19 has reached a total of 174 for the Navajo Nation as of Tuesday. In addition, there are now a total of seven confirmed deaths related to COVID-19.

The 174 cases include the following counties:

Navajo County, AZ: 85

Apache County, AZ: 17

Coconino County, AZ: 40

McKinley County, NM: 10

San Juan County, NM: 15

Cibola County, NM: 1

San Juan County, UT: 6

“We are very sorry to hear of the loss of more lives due to the virus – we offer our prayers for the families...

SANTA FE - New Mexico state health officials on announced 35 additional positive tests for COVID-19 and one case previously reported as positive in San Juan County, but it was negative.

 

New Mexico how has five deaths and 315 positive tests for COVID-19.

 

Per the state Department of Health, on March 31, the most recent cases are:12 new cases in Bernalillo County4 new cases in McKinley County1 new case in Rio Arriba County6 new cases in San Juan County7 new cases in Sandoval County4 new cases in Santa Fe County1 new case in Taos County

The Department of Health on March 31 also reported one additional death in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

 

The case is:​A male in...

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced 281 positive cases of COVID-19 and four deaths. Between March 26 and March 30, positive cases of novel coronavirus have increased from 136 to 281 in the state of New Mexico.

 

The state has also seen four deaths.  That number increased by three over the last four days. At this time the department of health has confirmed one death in Eddy County and one in Bernalillo County. Confirmation of the other two deaths by county is currently pending.

 

McKinley County is the site of 12 cases.

 

The other 269 cases are in the following counties:

 

Benalillo County          117

Chaves County            ...