vaccination buses this weekend to not just beaches but area parks to try to convince folks who haven t had the vaccine as far as new york looking at 46% fully vaccinated already. certainly that s a number they want to grow. but finally i ll tell you i was out here last fourth of july we saw crowds but a lot of masks. this time obviously with close to half the population fully vaccinated we re not seeing that many masks. that s not necessarily a bad thing any more. looks and sounds like fun. polo sandoval there on coney island in new york thanks. let s go to the west coast. nick watt is there, santa monica, california. things look different this year than last year, nick. what are you seeing? they sure do. victor we haven t seen the crowds quite yet on the west coast. a little bit of may gray, june gloom in santa monica. the sun comes out this amp and with it the crowds.
on yesterday and saturday didn t mean they didn t head to the air or drive to their locations with aaa estimating over 30 million people would be traveling this weekend. that has to do with the confident people have now, especially as the numbers continue to increase here in new york, for example, vaccination numbers sitting at 46% of new yorkers fully vaccinated. that s certain a number that authorities here want to see continue to improve. another number that is unfortunately, though, dropping, is the vaccination rate. that s why authorities here in new york are deploying these vaccination buses. not just to beaches but also some of the area parks that hopefully people will be at enjoying this memorial day. hoping people take advantage of that because the numbers that are also on the right track is test positivity alone. new york officials announcing yesterday, john, one of the lowest we have seen. about .71%. 55 straight days of declining cases in new york. and that s a number that