tonight, new jersey s governor phil murphy calling it a major step back to normalcy. all 50 states now reporting declines in new cases, though they are still at more than 313,000 new cases a day. that s higher than at any point during previous surges. new jersey had some of the strictest mandates. the governor today saying, quote, this is not a declaration of victory as much as an acknowledge thament we can responsibly live with this thing. delaware and connecticut following suit in the coming weeks. new jersey s governor, that move, takes e next a month and now will leave the decision up to the schools. new york s governor has been pressed on this. will she follow suit? and does dr. jha believe this is a good idea? abc s erielle reshef leading us off tonight. reporter: tonight, as new covid infections fall in nearly all 50 states, more americans are getting ready to see school mask mandates lifted. i m very happy. i can see easier, but also breathe easier and, you know, just enjoy
on the game last week we gave out $313,000 of terry bradshaws money, who couldn t use a little bit of that? steve: no kidding already so check it out. fox bet, jen, thank you very much have a great weekend we ll be watching fox this weekend. reporter: thanks. steve: coming up, it is 8:00 in new york city, hour three of fox & friends starts right now senator joe manchin is bombarded by climate protesters demanding he support biden s multi trillion dollar package. is the money that important joe manchin? is it more important than my life joe manchin? the red state pushing back against a federal vaccine mandate set to kick in january 4 two-thirds of the american workforce will be forced to get the vaccine or face losing their jobs. democrats are still reeling from tuesday s election results. show the limits of trying to run a fully 100% campaign. brian: special counsel john durham indicting the principal source for the steele dossier
the latest official covid figures on the pandemic show that in the past 2a hours, six deaths were reported and there have been 7,540 new infections, which means an average of 5,984 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 137,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, meaning more than 40.7 million people have now had theirfirstjab over 77% of uk adults. more than 313,000 have had their second jab in the past 2a hours, meaning more than 28.5 million have had both doses. over 54% of uk adults are now fully vaccinated. our medical editor fergus walshjoins me now. the prime minister was sounding more downbeat about lifting restrictions? it was just a week ago boris johnson it was just a week ago borisjohnson said he could see nothing in the data that suggested we couldn t go ahead with the final lifting of
to make her comeback last year. she s been named in the team gb pair, alongside olympic silver medallist polly swann. 37 of the 45 strong british team will make their debut at the games. that s all the sport for now. we ll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much. the latest official figures on the pandemic show that, in the past 2a hours, six deaths were reported, and there have been 7,540 new infections, which means an average of 5,984 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 137,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, meaning more than 40.7 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s over 77% of uk adults. the number of people who ve had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, is over 313,000. more than 28.5 million have had both doses, meaning over 54% of uk adults are fully vaccinated.
had theirfirstjab over 77% of uk adults. the number of people who ve had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, is over 313,000. more than 28.5 million have had both doses, meaning over 54% of uk adults are fully vaccinated. new official figures show that eight in ten adults in the uk now have antibodies for the coronavirus, meaning they have some level of immunity to the virus. but experts are still concerned, pointing to rising case numbers, especially in northwest england, with the delta variant that was first identified in india. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes reports from manchester. this is what we are likely to see in hotspot areas of greater manchester and lancashire in the coming weeks. in bolton, a big push on testing and also vaccinations has succeeded in