few thousand compared with yesterday. over 3000 more new cases today. in terms of vaccines, 45.7 million people have had theirfirst dose. and that is 86.8% of the adult population. 34.4 million have had their second dose which is 65.3% of their second dose which is 65.3% of the adult population. the coronavirus reproduction number, or r value, in england has increased slightly and is between 1.2 to 1.5, according to the latest government figures. last week, it was between 1.1 and 1.3. r represents the average number of people each covid 19 positive person goes on to infect. when the figure is above one, an outbreak can grow exponentially but when it is below one, it means the epidemic is shrinking. the nhs covid contact tracing app
the holiday. that is a 577% increase is on last year when we were pretty much all locked down. i m ready to go. this is my first travel. i m so ready and excited to get out of here. kind of our first thing that we re doing after covid. we re all vaccinated and ready to get back out there. now, it s also worth noting that perhaps of ongoing mask mandates, perhaps because the ever cost conscious airlines for the most part still haven t restored full food and drink service so flying isn t much fun, the number of memorial day flyers will still be down by 750,000 from 2019. similar story on the roads, neil, 34.4 million expected to take a road trip for the holiday weekend. that is up from 22.6 million
by a vending machine, achieve statehood, be struck by lightning or be drafted by the nba but it has not stopped people from trying even though your odds keep decreasing. it is like doctor evil in the austin powers movies. $1.6 billion. my number is 14. i was born on the 14th, he was born on the 14th and we got married on the 14th. reporter: don t throw away all of your tickets. even if you don t match all 6 numbers the mega millions officials sold 34.4 million winning tickets, some of them even though they were not jackpot were worth as much as $1 million so that is look online and make sure you didn t win something small, 1 million could go a long way. neil: voice of reason, what to do if you win or construct your
all right. we have jeff block standing in traffic. on a road in chicago. the great thing about jeff is not only does he not mind but he always has a story to tell that explains why he is standing in traffic and risking his life. i would assume, jeff, a lot has to do with low gas prices. take it from there. smoke belching vehicles passing by, and having us stan as close as we can humanly get to them, that s part of the story. the reason there s so many smoke-belching vehicles and 34.4 million people according to aaa will be driving. the most since the recession, and it s partly because gas prices are so low. take a look at the last five years, for example, you will find that gas prices have never been this low on a
incumbent government who has done a lot of positive things. he s going to be rewarded with a big victory. on the other hand, i want to update your numbers. as of this morning the real clear politics average for virginia is 45.3 to 40.3, a 5-point gap. like i think christie s race is not going to be as lavish as 24, my sense is the virginia race is not points, it s going to be closer than that. 15% of the voters in virginia are either undecided or say they re committed to the libertarian candidate. about half of those libertarian votes are going to go someplace else. by comparison in new jersey about 5% of the voters i ll put you on the spot. you think cuccinelli is going to win? right today mcauliffe has the advantage clearly in the polls. and julie was right. the money is astonishing. $34.4 million spent by mcauliffe to $19.7 spent on behalf of cuccinelli either by his