Plus, an entire School Board suspended for refusing to comply with State Coronavirus protocols. The man who made that decision joins us live. And golden girl. Olympic Track Star Allyson felix leaves tokyo as the most decorated american olympic Track Star ever. New day starts right now. Thank you so much for spending your Sunday Morning us with. It is august 8th. We appreciate you tuning in. Good morning, christi. Great to see you, as always. Good morning to you as well, boris. So despite, you know, its good to see you despite what we have to talk about this morning. This new data that shows a dramatic surge in the number of coronavirus cases across the country. The u. S. Now averaging more than 100,000 new daily covid19 cases each day. That is the highest rate in nearly six months. Yeah, in fact, the last time the sevenday average was that high was in february. Compare that to The End of june of the average just over 11,000 cases. Remember, roughly half the u. S. Population remains unv
The New Mexico State Canvass Board met Tuesday in Santa Fe to certify the official 2023 local election results. The State Canvass Board is made up of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice C. Shannon Bacon. Lujan Grisham was not present at the canvass.
Place like floyd where we have about a third of the adults in the county, only a third that are vaccinated. we have kids who are going to be walking in and it is our number one job to make sure that they have a safe, healthy learning environment, and we can t do that if we are asking each individual teacher, family, and parent to choose the public health strategy that they feel is important. we have to make sure that we are leaders in this and that we stand up. these are tough conversations because this is a passionate and divided issue, but we have to lead and say we are going to create a safe environment for our kids and teachers and staff. so you mentioned the vaccination rate in areas like roosevelt county, which is where the floyd school district is. roughly 33% of residents there are fully vaccinated. new mexico actually generally speaking, broadly speaking across the state, has a 57% vaccination rate, higher than the national average.