New Mexico COVID-19 update: 478 new cases, totaling 211,970 | NMDOH - Coronavirus Updates - NMDOH - Department of Health

One additional COVID-19 death

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Tuesday announced 478 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

• 132 new cases in Bernalillo County
• 1 new case in Catron County
• 17 new cases in Chaves County
• 2 new cases in Cibola County
• 16 new cases in Curry County
• 6 new cases in De Baca County
• 30 new cases in Doña Ana County
• 54 new cases in Eddy County
• 1 new case in Grant County
• 1 new case in Hidalgo County
• 27 new cases in Lea County
• 13 new cases in Lincoln County
• 2 new cases in Luna County
• 3 new cases in McKinley County
• 7 new cases in Otero County
• 1 new case in Quay County
• 7 new cases in Rio Arriba County
• 20 new cases in Sandoval County
• 13 new cases in San Juan County
• 6 new cases in San Miguel County
• 8 new cases in Santa Fe County
• 5 new cases in Sierra County
• 1 new case in Taos County
• 1 new case in Torrance County
• 4 new cases in Valencia County
• 5 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Otero County Processing Center
• 94 new cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the Torrance County Detention Facility
• 1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County

The Department of Health on Tuesday reported one additional death in New Mexico related to COVID-19:

• A male in his 60s from Eddy County. The individual was hospitalized.

The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 is now 4,415.

The ten ZIP codes across the state with the most COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Aug. 3 are:

• 87016 – 94
• 88220 – 41
• 88240 – 20
• 87120 – 18
• 87114 – 17
• 88101 – 16
• 87121 – 15
• 87110 – 12
• 87111 – 12
• 88210 – 12

Daily case counts and test numbers are raw data based on information the state receives today – meaning data that has not yet been scrutinized to identify potential duplicates or late-arriving positives or negatives.

Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 211,970 COVID-19 cases:

• Bernalillo County: 61,093
• Catron County: 101
• Chaves County: 9,286
• Cibola County: 2,944
• Colfax County: 821
• Curry County: 5,527
• De Baca County: 185
• Doña Ana County: 25,556
• Eddy County: 7,474
• Grant County: 1,793
• Guadalupe County: 480
• Harding County: 13
• Hidalgo County: 428
• Lea County: 8,694
• Lincoln County: 1,871
• Los Alamos County: 555
• Luna County: 3,441
• McKinley County: 12,586
• Mora County: 180
• Otero County: 4,217
• Quay County: 563
• Rio Arriba County: 3,919
• Roosevelt County: 2,113
• Sandoval County: 12,693
• San Juan County: 16,087
• San Miguel County: 1,488
• Santa Fe County: 10,939
• Sierra County: 793
• Socorro County: 1,356
• Taos County: 1,806
• Torrance County: 915
• Union County: 262
• Valencia County: 7,145

County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.

The Department of Health currently reports the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by federal agencies at the following facilities:

• Cibola County Correctional Center: 451
• Otero County Federal Prison Facility: 452
• Otero County Processing Center: 418
• Torrance County Detention Facility: 331

The Department of Health currently reports the following numbers of COVID-19 cases among individuals held by the New Mexico Corrections Department at the following facilities:

• Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County: 302
• Guadalupe County Correctional Facility: 255
• Lea County Correctional Facility: 762
• Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County: 169
• Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County: 128
• Otero County Prison Facility: 473
• Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe County: 219
• Roswell Correctional Center: 229
• Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility in Doña Ana County: 231
• Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County: 151
• Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Cibola County: 75

As of today, there are 180 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico for COVID-19. This number may include individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 out of state but are currently hospitalized in New Mexico. This number does not include New Mexicans who tested positive for COVID-19 and may have been transferred to a hospital out of state.

As of today, there are 197,142 COVID-19 cases designated as having recovered by the New Mexico Department of Health.

The Department of Health has identified at least one positive COVID-19 case in residents and/or staff in the past 28 days at the following long-term care facilities:

• Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
• Bloomfield Nursing and Rehabilitation in Bloomfield
• The Bridge of Farmington in Farmington
• Casa de Oro in Las Cruces
• Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs
• Fort Bayard Medical Center in Santa Clara
• Good Life Senior Living and Memory Care in Los Lunas
• GoodLife Senior Living and Memory Care in Artesia
• Good Life Senior Living in Portales
• Good Samaritan Society – Betty Dare in Alamogordo
• Laguna Rainbow Care Center in Casa Blanca
• Las Palomas Center in Albuquerque
• MorningStar Assisted Living and Memory Care of Albuquerque
• The Neighborhood in Rio Rancho Assisted Living in Rio Rancho
• Sierra Health Care Center in Truth or Consequences
• Skies Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Albuquerque
• The Rehabilitation Center of Albuquerque
• The Rio at Las Estancias in Albuquerque
• Vida Encantada Nursing & Rehabilitation in Las Vegas

The New Mexico Department of Health has active investigations into the positive patients, which includes contact tracing and swabs of symptomatic individuals who have had contact with the positive cases.

Every New Mexican must work together to stem the spread of COVID-19. If you are sick or unvaccinated, wear a mask when in public and around others.   

New Mexicans who report symptoms of COVID-19 infection, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, and/or loss of taste or smell should call their health care provider or the NMDOH COVID-19 hotline immediately (1-855-600-3453).

The Department of Health strongly encourages the following groups to get tested:

• Symptomatic people displaying the COVID-19 symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, and/or loss of taste or smell;
• Asymptomatic people who are close contacts or household members of people in their infectious period who have already tested positive for the coronavirus;
• Asymptomatic people who live or work in congregate settings such as long-term care facilities and group homes;
• Patients who are scheduled for surgery and whose provider has advised them to get tested before the procedure.

New Mexicans who have non-health-related questions or concerns can also call 833-551-0518 or visit NewMexico.gov, which is being updated regularly as a one-stop source for information for families, workers, and others affected by and seeking more information about COVID-19.

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Last Week, 1 In 3 U.S. COVID Cases Were In Florida And Texas - NPR

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One-third of COVID-19 cases nationwide last week occurred in Florida and Texas, according to Jeffrey Zients, the White House's COVID-19 response coordinator.

This comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a 44% increase in daily new cases in the last week of July. Last week's average of daily new COVID-19 cases is "higher than our peak of last summer," according to the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

At a news briefing at the White House on Tuesday, Zients expressed concern about the number of COVID-19 cases being reported in communities with lower vaccination rates. Zients said about 90 million eligible Americans remain unvaccinated. "Each and every shot matters," Zients added.

How is the vaccination campaign going in your area? Find out here.

According to Zients, over the past two weeks there has been a 70% increase in the average number of new people getting vaccinated daily and a 50% increase in the average number of 12- to 17-year-olds getting vaccinated daily.

And in the last week, 3 million Americans got their first shot. On Tuesday, the U.S. hit President Biden's July Fourth goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one shot.

Zients said that in the eight states with the highest case rate, the rate at which people are getting vaccinate has also increased.

"While we desperately want to be done with this pandemic, COVID-19 is clearly not done with us," Walensky said Monday, "and so our battle must last a little longer."

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This story originally appeared on the Morning Edition live blog.

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Activision Blizzard faces an investor lawsuit stemming from its discrimination case - Engadget

A harassment and discrimination lawsuit from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) isn’t the only legal battle Activision Blizzard has to worry about anymore. Ahead of the company’s Q2 earnings call on Tuesday, a firm called Rosen Law filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of investors who traded in Activision Blizzard securities between August 4th, 2016 and July 27th, 2021.

The firm, the same one that’s behind a similar lawsuit against CD Projekt RED over the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077, accuses Activision Blizzard of intentionally failing to disclose its ongoing problems with sexual harassment and discrimination. In doing so, Rosen Law alleges the company put itself at greater risk of regulatory legal scrutiny and enforcement. The suit names Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, as well as several other executives, as defendants and seeks to recover damages for investors under federal securities laws.

The suit comes on the same day the company announced J. Allen Brack was “stepping down” from his role as president of Blizzard Entertainment. In its lawsuit, the State of California accuses Brack of taking “no effective remedial measures” to curb the “bro culture” that enabled individuals like Alex Afrasiabi to harass the company’s female employees. Taking his place are Jen Oneal and former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra, who will oversee the studio as co-leaders.

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State College Construction Firm Expected To Resolve Huge Wage-Theft Case - 90.5 WESA

A Pennsylvania construction contractor is expected to resolve a massive wage-theft case in which it was accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from its own workers by systematically violating state and federal prevailing wage laws on taxpayer-funded public infrastructure projects.

Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of State College is scheduled to appear in Centre County Court to enter a plea Tuesday, followed by a news conference in Harrisburg by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro to announce a “major update” in the criminal case.

Hawbaker, a 70-year-old company that booked $1.7 billion in state transportation construction contracts between 2003 and 2018, has been charged with four counts of theft. An email was sent to a company spokesperson seeking comment on Tuesday's plea hearing.

Shapiro has called it a “massive, unprecedented fraud” and the largest case of its kind nationally.

The attorney general’s office said Hawbaker stole more than $20 million from workers’ fringe benefits such as retirement and health insurance, using the money to pad its bottom line, undercut competitors, and fund internal projects and company bonuses.

The company, which has 1,200 workers, was founded in 1952 and has facilities in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. It builds roads and bridges, produces asphalt and aggregate materials, runs quarries and provides engineering services.

Hawbaker said in a written statement after the charges were filed in April that “while we believe that we have always acted in accordance with all state and federal laws, in an abundance of caution, the company immediately changed its prevailing wage practices” after learning of the attorney general’s probe.

The company has said it was seeking a swift resolution of the criminal case.

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The 2021 summer COVID case surge is already worse than 2020’s. How is that possible? - NEWS10 ABC

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5 Things to Know About Case Cookus - Vikings.com

Here are five things to know about Cookus:

1. Former Lumberjack

Cookus played at Northern Arizona from 2015-19. Over that time, he was 891-of-1,430 passing for 12,057 yards, 105 touchdowns and 21 interceptions. He also added 206 carries for 232 yards and six rushing scores.

As a true freshman in 2015, Cookus threw for 3,111 yards and 37 touchdowns en route to earning Freshman of the Year honors. He also received the Jerry Rice Award, given to the most outstanding freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Cookus suffered a season-ending injury in Week 2 of his junior year but bounced back for the 2019 campaign. That season, he totaled 4,095 passing yards and 31 touchdowns against seven interceptions.

2. High school MVP

As a senior at Thousand Oaks High School, Cookus was named MVP of the 41st Ventura County High School Football All-Star Game.

He shares an alma mater with a number of other notable names, including actor Kurt Russell and actress Amanda Bynes.

3. Pocket passer with 'lively arm'

NFL.com analyst Lance Zierlein offered his thoughts on Cookus as he prepared for the 2020 NFL Draft, calling him a "small-school pocket passer with a lively arm."

"Cookus has had two season-ending injuries while at Northern Arizona, but when he's played, he's been impressive," Zierlein wrote. "He works with pocket twitch and has the ability to get the ball out quickly on RPOs or when pressured. While he appears to be decisive with the football, he's also a half-field reader who must prove he can read the full field and play chess when tasked with recognizing disguised coverages and altering his initial plans."

Zierlein did not project Cookus to be drafted but called him a "high priority free agent" for teams looking to add depth.

4. Accolades galore

Listed at 6-foot-4, Cookus isn't short in stature. He also isn't short on accolades.

The quarterback accrued a number of honors during his time with the Lumberjacks, including the following:

2018 Phil Steele All-America (Third Team)

2015 All-Big Sky First Team

2015 Jerry Rice Award winner

2015 Big Sky Freshman of the Year

2015 Walter Camp First-Team All-America

2015 Associated Press Third-Team All-America

2015 College Football Performance Awards National Performer of the Year

2015 College Football Performance Awards National Freshman of the Year

2015 College Football Performance Awards Quarterback of the Year

5. Big birthday in 2020

Cookus turned 25 on Oct. 6, 2020, and celebrated a "pretty good birthday present" after proposing to his girlfriend, Tyler.

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With #MeToo Case Against Kris Wu, China Hits Out at Celebrities - The New York Times

The detention of Kris Wu, a popular Canadian singer, has been hailed as a rare victory for the movement. But Beijing, wary of social activism, has cast it as a warning to celebrities.

China’s ruling Communist Party has seized on the high-profile detention of a Canadian Chinese pop singer in Beijing on suspicion of rape to deliver a stark warning against what it regards as a social ill: celebrity obsession.

In less than a month, the pop singer Kris Wu, 30, has gone from being one of China’s biggest stars, with several lucrative endorsements and legions of young female fans, to perhaps the most prominent figure in the country to be detained over #MeToo allegations. The police said over the weekend that Mr. Wu was being investigated after weeks of public accusations of sexual wrongdoing against him, though officials provided few details.

Born in China and raised partly in Canada, Mr. Wu rose to fame as a member of the Korean pop band EXO, before striking out on his own as a singer and actor. He built a huge following in China with his manicured good looks and edgy swagger. He amassed endorsement deals with many domestic and international brands, including Bulgari and Louis Vuitton.

Mr. Wu has not been formally charged, but his career in China has already taken a big hit. After mounting public pressure, more than a dozen brands cut ties with him. His Weibo social media account, where he had over 51 million followers, was taken down shortly after the news of his detention. His songs have also disappeared from Chinese music platforms.

Chinese women’s rights activists have hailed the detention as a rare victory for the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement. But the Communist Party’s official news outlets have largely cast the investigation into Mr. Wu as proof that the party, led by Xi Jinping, one of its most hard-line leaders in decades, defends the interests of ordinary people.

Guo Ting, a gender studies scholar at the University of Hong Kong, said, “Xi has tried to reinvent the party as the legitimate party for the people and the party of Chinese socialism for the people.” By going after Mr. Wu, she added, the party is “targeting the so-called rich and powerful, while evading the real kind of gray area of that wealth and power within the party elite.”

Mr. Wu on the runway during a Louis Vuitton show in Shanghai in August 2020. Before the allegations, Mr. Wu had several lucrative endorsements.Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

When the accusations against Mr. Wu first emerged weeks ago, the party’s propaganda outlets largely stayed quiet. But after his detention, they put out commentaries and news reports hailing it as a lesson to celebrities.

“Wu Yifan has money, he’s handsome and he has the status of being a ‘top star,’” read a commentary in The Global Times, a Communist Party-run newspaper, referring to the singer by his Chinese name. “Perhaps he thought that ‘sleeping with women’ was his advantage, maybe even his privilege.”

“But on this precise point he has made a mistake,” the newspaper noted.

Some of the rhetoric noted that foreign citizenship did not place celebrities beyond the reach of the law, pointing in part to continuing tensions between China and Canada as well as rising anti-Western sentiment among Chinese.

CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, said in a commentary, “No one has a talisman — the halo of celebrity cannot protect you, fans cannot protect you, a foreign passport cannot protect you.”

The state news media’s approach reflects the Chinese government’s recent crackdown on the entertainment industry and the culture of celebrity worship that Beijing has accused of leading the country’s youth astray. The authorities have stepped up censorship, cracked down on the widespread practice of tax evasion within the industry and ordered caps on salaries for the country’s biggest movie stars.

Concerns about the outsize influence of celebrities on the country’s youth reached a peak in May when fans supporting contestants in a boy band competition spent huge sums of money buying — then apparently dumping — yogurt drinks to vote for their favorite idols. The government promptly issued regulations aimed at cracking down on what they called “chaotic” online fan clubs and their “irrational” behaviors. The authorities on Monday said they had already taken down thousands of “problematic groups” as part of an ongoing effort to address “bad online fan culture.”

The authorities “are concerned about the impact on the youth,” said Bai Meijiadai, a lecturer at Liaoning University in northeastern China who studies fan culture. “They want to see the youth studying and working, not spending excessive amounts of money to chase stars.”

Mr. Wu, too, had an army of fans eager to open their wallets to bolster his image by buying albums and even making donations to charities in his name. He has also sought to use his influence to pressure his critics into silence, according to his accuser and a producer of a popular showbiz program.

The producer, Xiao Wei, said his show, “Xiu Cai Kan Entertainment,” had been compelled to remove a video it had posted online in which its hosts criticized Mr. Wu after the allegations of sexual misconduct had emerged. Mr. Xiao said the short-video platform Douyin had told the program that they had been contacted by Mr. Wu’s lawyers.

An Elle magazine cover featuring Mr. Wu, at a newsstand in Beijing on Sunday. The government in China has accused the culture of celebrity worship of leading the country’s youth astray.Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

“This is an age of stars, fans and traffic,” Mr. Xiao said in an interview. “Money has become the only criterion to success — this is not right.”

The police investigation into Mr. Wu came weeks after a university student, Du Meizhu, now 18, accused the singer of enticing young women like herself with the promise of career opportunities, then pressuring them into having sex.

Ms. Du’s public accusations were met with an outpouring of support, but also criticism from the singer’s fans, prompting debates about victim shaming, consent and abuse of power in the workplace.

Some women’s rights activists saw Mr. Wu’s detention as a sign that feminist values had finally permeated the mainstream to the extent that the authorities could no longer afford to look the other way. They said they were hopeful that it would encourage more women to come forward to share their experiences and that it could lead to wider avenues for legal recourse for sexual assault survivors.

“This time, progress was made very suddenly, but it was very satisfying,” said Li Tingting, a gender equality activist in Beijing. “Everyone is looking forward to what will happen in the future.”

But it remained unclear if the police in Beijing were looking specifically into Ms. Du’s complaints. The authorities last month released initial findings about her allegations that said she had hyped her story to “enhance her online popularity.”

Ms. Du did not respond to requests for comment. Emails to Mr. Wu’s studio and his lawyer received no response. Mr. Wu denied the allegations on his personal Weibo account last month, saying he would send himself to jail if they were true.

Despite the surprise development, activists know that China’s #MeToo movement is tightly constrained by the government’s strict limits on dissent and activism. Women who have previously come forward with accusations of sexual harassment and assault against prominent men have often become targets of threats and defamation lawsuits. Feminist activist accounts and chat groups on Chinese social media sites are routinely shut down.

The swift manner in which the authorities have addressed the complaints against Mr. Wu contrasts with how they responded to #MeToo accusations against Zhu Jun, a prominent television personality at CCTV, the state broadcaster. Mr. Zhu was accused by a former intern, Zhou Xiaoxuan, in 2018, of forcibly kissing and groping her in 2014 while she was working on his program, accusations that he has denied. Ms. Zhou has sued Mr. Zhu for damages, but three years later, her complaint remains unresolved.

Zhou Xiaoxuan at her home in Beijing in 2018. Her #MeToo accusations against Zhu Jun, a prominent television personality at CCTV, the state broadcaster, remain unresolved.Iris Zhao/The New York Times

Mr. Wu, by comparison, is not part of the party establishment.

Professor Guo, of the University of Hong Kong, said, “It is still a state capitalist system and Wu Yifan is not a part of that official establishment,” adding, “his nationality and his status, I think, make it easy for the party to on one hand cut him off, while still maintaining its own legitimacy.”

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