Fourth hantavirus death reported in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – State health officials say a 20-year-old woman from Torrance County in central New Mexico has died of hantavirus.
The Health Department said Thursday it marks the state’s sixth case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome this year. Four of the cases have been fatal.
The patient’s name wasn’t released.
Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva. People can contract the disease when they breathe in aeros