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As of mid-June, Corrales had 1,216 cases of COVID-19. It seemed like just about every villager you knew had come down with the illness. Statewide, 27,256 had been hospitalized with it, and 7,869 had died. Yet, of those New Mexicans who had come down with it, 512,827 had recovered. In Sandoval County, most of the COVID patients were women, and most were in the 30-39 age group, followed by those aged 20-29.

The Corrales Fire Departmentรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs Tanya รขโ‚ฌห†Lattin said June 16 the N.M. Department of Healthรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs data did not indicate how many of the Corrales cases were among those already fully vaccinated, referred to as รขโ‚ฌล“breakthroughรขโ‚ฌย cases. Lattin said villagers should not assume they will catch the virus whether they take precautions, and vaccinations, or not. รขโ‚ฌล“I do not know that it is inevitable, but studies show each variant of omicron is more infectious, and it appears BA4 and BA5 break through previous omicron infection and vaccine.

รขโ‚ฌล“None of my staff has gotten it from work. We have currently only had two cases in the Fire Department, and neither was work related.

รขโ‚ฌล“We still have a strict masking policy when interacting with the public.รขโ‚ฌย

Lattin announced at a Village Council meeting last month that she had tested positive.

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รขโ‚ฌล“Corrales has 65 lab-confirmed cases as of June 17, 2022,รขโ‚ฌย she told Corrales Comment.ร‚ย  รขโ‚ฌล“The N.M.Department of Health estimates three to seven times higher with home testing.ร‚ย  Corrales is averaging 3.82 cases a day for June.ร‚ย  In May we had 78 cases.

ร‚ย  รขโ‚ฌล“It is very important for people who are over 65, or who have at risk conditions, to reach out to a medical professional to get access to early treatment if they end up with COVID.ร‚ย  Paxlovid is the tier one treatment and must be started within five days of symptoms.

รขโ‚ฌล“With Corrales having a population that is one-third over 65, knowing the signs symptoms and how to get treatment is very important.ร‚ย  Symptoms mayร‚ย  start with very mild scratchy throat, runny nose or increased tiredness. It is also important to stay up to date with vaccines, as they are proven to reduce hospitalization and death rates.รขโ‚ฌย

Sandoval County and nine other counties are currently listed at high levelร‚ย  for COVID. รขโ‚ฌล“This means the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone wear a mask indoors in public settings,รขโ‚ฌย Lattin explained.

รขโ‚ฌล“We are in the phase where every person needs to assess their risk-rewards benefit. They need to look at people that they see regularly who may be at risk of severe illness and make choices on what they are willing to do based on risks to themselves and others in their lives.ร‚ย ร‚ย 

รขโ‚ฌล“I still wear an N95 in public settings and will be for a while. We still have vaccination sites in Corrales two days a week, and I still help people navigate registration, COVID questions and where to find treatment options.ร‚ย ร‚ย  We also have information on the Village website www.corrales-nm.org/fire/page /covid-19-resources-health-and-resilience as well as the state site https://cv.nmhealth.org/.

รขโ‚ฌล“We still have at home test kitsร‚ย  for people. You can call or stop by the fire station.รขโ‚ฌยร‚ย 

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