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A home in Ohkay Owingeh in New Mexico. Photo: Chuck Olsen<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

With COVID-19 clusters being detected in some of their communities, widespread coronavirus testing is occurring among Pueblo tribes in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

According to Governor Ron Lovato of Ohkay Owingeh<\/a>, located in the northern part of the state, 174 tribal citizens have been tested by the New Mexico Department of Health. That accounts for about 10 to 12 percent of the population residing in the pueblo.<\/p>\n

“It focused on identified individuals who potentially had or will have contact with a positive,” Lovato wrote of the testing effort in an April 7, 2020, update<\/a>. Included are health and public safety workers, he said.<\/p>\n

Such testing represents a significant increase within the community, which has only seen 2 positive cases so far. One person is a client of a treatment center<\/a> on the reservation, while the second is a tribal citizen who lives elsewhere but had recently been to the pueblo, Lovato said in a prior update<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Overall, the eight Pueblo tribes in the northern part of New Mexico have not reported any significant numbers of COVID-19 cases despite being located near two major cities — Santa Fe, the state capital, and Espanola. <\/p>\n

Most of the eight northern Pueblos are based in Rio Arriba County, which has just 6 cases reported so far, according to the most recent state data.<\/p>\n