New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gives her weekly update on COVID-19 in New Mexico and the state's effort to contain it during a virtual news conference from the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., on July 23, 2020.
Credit:	Eddie Moore/he Albuquerque Journal/AP

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham gives her weekly update on COVID-19 in New Mexico and the state's effort to contain it during a virtual news conference from the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., on July 23, 2020.
Credit: Eddie Moore/he Albuquerque Journal/AP

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