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Introduction of newly hired full-time Taos Public Library employee - Nina Cammer-Sullivan, Library I / Children's Library Aide; Effective 01/31/2022 (HR Director Tamara Chavez)

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Further encouraging news this week.  Cases continue to decline quickly across the country, including a 74% decrease in Taos County week on week.  Hospitalizations are following.  We appear to be just past peak hospitalizations in New Mexico for this Omicron wave.  Nationally concurrent hospitalizations during this Omicron wave peaked at 18% above the winter 2020-21 peak.  Thankfully they have peaked 30% lower than last winter in New Mexico.  In part due to the higher than average vaccination and booster rates which have been shown to substantially reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.

Sadly two more Taos County residents lost their lives to Covid last week, bringing the total to six in the last two weeks.

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• Nationally, cases were down 44% in the last week, down 48% in New Mexico, and down 74% in Taos County.
• The 7-day average daily case count in New Mexico decreased to 2,040 cases per day from 3,924 last week.  The 7-day average peaked on Friday, January 21 at a record 5,571 cases per day.
• Current hospitalizations in NM decreased 7%, the 7-day average is 622.  The record stands at 932 on Dec 7, 2020.
• Average deaths per day in NM decreased to 14 per day from 23 per day the prior week.
• There were 127 new cases in Taos County last week, down from a record 488 the prior week bringing the total to 5,067.
• There were two additional deaths reported among Taos County residents last week.  Making six in the last two weeks. The total increasing to 82.
• Testing in Taos County decreased to a 7-day average of 159 tests per day, down from 402 last week.
• Taos County’s crude positivity rate is 15.7% (14-day avg). The crude daily case count is 44 cases per day (14-day avg), above the old gating target of 3.28.
• Taos County’s adult fully vaccinated rate is 88%.  56% of TC adults have received the booster compared to 43% in NM.

Further to yesterday’s email regarding the Pfizer booster, here is NMDoH Guidance on the Pfizer Vaccine Booster:

https://cv.nmhealth.org/2021/09/27/state-of-new-mexico-offers-guidance-on-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-booster-doses/

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The Town of Taos announced the opportunity for small and emerging businesses to partner with the Town of Taos for a USDA Rural Business Development Grant.  Eligibility requirements included:  

- The business made less than $1 million in gross revenue;

- The business employed less than 50 employees;

- The business had financial statements preferably for 3 years that were in the positive;

- The business funding request met the USDA RDBG eligibility requirements as outlined in USDA 4280.417(a)(2) Business Enterprise Projects; and,

- The project would result in job creation.

On December 14, 2021, Town Council selected Rolling Still Bros, LLC, as the business to partner with.  

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