1 point short, 1 day to go: A look at NM's vaccine numbers
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Jun. 17—SANTA FE — With just a day left, New Mexico is exactly 1 percentage point short of its goal of vaccinating 60% of adult residents this week — the target Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham set as necessary to reopen the state July 1.
New Mexico could reach the threshold when Thursday's numbers are released Friday, but it will likely to take some rounding up to get there.
To reach an even 60.0%, the state would need another 16,000 vaccinations to be completed in time for Friday's report.
Just 5,268 vaccinations were added to the total Thursday — less than one-third of what would be necessary to hit the target.
But rounding up is within reach. To hit 59.5% — just a half a percentage point increase — New Mexico would need a little over 7,600 vaccinations to be reported Friday.
The state has exceeded that total in a day, hitting 10,000 at least once over the last week.
The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is available without appointment Thursday at five Albuquerque locations:
— The Westside Community Center, 1250 Isleta SW, until 7 p.m.
— The Pit, 1111 University SE, until 5 p.m.
— Expo New Mexico, Tingley Coliseum, until 3 p.m.
— John's Pharmacy, 9134 Central SE, until 5 p.m.
— Casa Feliz, 443 Española SE, until 8 p.m.
Anyone who either gets the Johnson & Johnson shot Thursday or gets the second of the two doses required for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will get a $100 cash incentive.
Lujan Grisham set Thursday as the target for reaching 60% because it would give New Mexico two weeks for the doses to take full effect before the July 1 reopening. Some pandemic restrictions would remain, but the reopening is expected to include the lifting of capacity limits on businesses.
