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A federal inmate held in the Doña Ana County Detention Center has tested positive for measles – bringing the total number of 2026 measles cases in New Mexico to six.
Four federal inmates held in southern New Mexico detention facilities have tested positive for measles, bringing the number of 2026 measles cases in the state to five.
A federal inmate held in a southern New Mexico detention facility has tested positive for measles – the state’s first confirmed case of 2026, following a statewide outbreak last year that sickened 100 people.