i want to let you hear from anna tovar, she outlines quite well why this situation remains so dire for her community. >> my community is about 88% latino. and the vast majority of my community does not have the luxury of working from home. they're at the front lines here in arizona. they're providing food, they're at our hospitals, they are risking their lives day in and day out so that people in our economy can move forward. but, yet, we're leaving them behind when it comes to the most crucial component and that's testing. >> reporter: what mayor tovar acknowledged there, if the arizona economy wants to remain fruitful and continue to go, to continue to operate restaurants and malls and shopping stores, we need quicker testing results because right now folks that have gotten tests are continuing to go to work despite not having the results, cal.

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agricultural workers saying this anthey arel just packed there like sardines >> reporter: antonio tovar represents florida's farm workers association. is there any evidence it is the agricultural field that is driving this surge in florida? >> not at all. the workers are not driving this surge of the pandemic >> reporter: today the governor's office telling nbc news the overall picking season is over but migrants groups say they are still active tonight florida trying to get a grip on the crisisrtunately at this time since we haven't seen a turn-around the last few days despite these measures is to enter another lockdown >> reporter: one option the state's leader so far has left off the table. sam brock, nbc news, miami. >>> now to new york, once the epicenter of the crisis, with over 30,000 deaths, but tonight to kee infection rates low the governor is getting tougher about quarantines from travelers from hot spots. can the crackdown be enforced here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: new york's governor is billing it a drastic move to stop the spread >> if you leave the airport without p

i want to let you take a listen to the mayor anna tovar who really concentrates on what the situation is in these communities near late july. >> my community is about 88% latino. and the vast majority of my community does not have the luxury of working from home. they're at the front lines here in arizona. they are providing food. they are at our hospitals. they are risking their lives day in and day out so that people and our economy can move forward. but yet, we're leaving them behind when it comes to the most crucial component, and that's testing. >> as you just heard from mayor tovar, while there has been some expanded testing access, at the same time, as one health care official told me, boots on the ground, realtime, real measures are sorely lacking in the state. there is much progress needed here, stephanie. >> vaughn, thank you. >>> let's head to kansas which has seen a steady rise in cases for the last month. cal perry is in wichita. we have not been there yet. what's going on? >> yeah, the cases are on the rise as that curve that we do not want to see. we can put up those nu

. >> mayor tovar, let me bring you in. there was an interesting story here in the "usa today." they have a study here on attitudes towards mask-wearing in different parts of the country. they found the state where you are, arizona, is the most resistant state in the country when it comes to wearing masks, when it comes to people's willingness to do so. this according to a recent study examining anti-mask activity online. after arizona, the states with the most anti-mask online activity are nevada, florida, idaho, and maine. so you're there in maricopa county where as i understand it, there is a county mask ordinance, no state mask ordinance. we read this story in the "usa today." they say folks in arizona just don't like, just don't want to wear masks. is that what you're finding in your community? >> yes, that is true. but the science is clear. masks do work, and they are effective. but it is said to see that from a national perspective, the president isn't leading on this issue, and the governor in our state isn't leading as well too. if we would have required masks months ag

and you heard mayor tovar talk about access to testing. we should note there is one positive indicator of covid here and that is the percent positive number. the last few days it was 23% and before that it was 34% and that is a good indication but that 22.8% is double of what florida is. it is still a staggering number. we're far from having covid under control here in the state of arizona. and that is why testing access remains crucial here in these communities. >> another sobering conversation, thank you very much vaughn hillyard. >>> and today jerome adams said the coronavirus can be turned around in two to three weeks if anyone does their part, including wearing masks. nbc's josh letterman is at the white house for us. another welcome on this sunday. it is a major reversal about what he said this year about masks not work fog the general public. >> the surgeon general urging people to wear a mask but donning one today. the surgeon general was tweeting stop buying maskts and saying they don't protect the public. at the time there was a

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i want to let you hear directly from one mayor who we were talking with, mayor tovar of tulson, one of those latino communities here in need of more testing. >> my community is about 88% latino. and the vast majority of my community does not have the luxury of working from home. they're at the front lines here in arizona. they are providing food, they're at our hospitals. they are risking their lives day in and day out so that people in our economy can move forward. but yet, we're leaving them behind when it comes to the most crucial component, and that's testing. >> alicia, latinos make up just a third of the population here in arizona but more than half of covid positive cases to date. >> all right. that tracks with what a lot of what we have seen across the country. thank you so much. >> to north carolina, where the stort registered its largest increase in cases of coronavirus this weekend. over 2,000 cases reported on saturday alone. and more than 1,000 are currently hospitalized. nbc's jordan jackson in winston-salem, north carolina. jordan, what are the health care officials you'

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