The much talked about surge in covid19 cases appears to be happening in california. New numbers show a shocking rise in infections hitting numbers not seen in months. With that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Certainly not a good day at all for california with the coronavirus. The state reported nearly 11,000 diagnosed cases today, the highest since early august. The Positivity Rate continues to rise with the 14day rate jumping to 4. 4 . It was 4 on friday. That number is a strong indicator of the transmission rate of the virus. Nearly 3700 people are in the hospital getting treated for covid19 and about 1000 of them are in the icu. Now, the spike in covid cases is increasing the demand for testing right here in the bay area. But some testing sites are reaching capacity. According to abc 7 News Reporter cornell bernard, some advocates are calling for more testing sites to handle the load. Reporter across california, the need for covid testing is in high
Beloved sports bar. Crossfit started in the industry about 15 years ago but the business that turned an unconventional form of training into a nationwide phenomenon has become another victim of the pandemic. Da lin is live at sf crossfit where they just finished their last session and are closing for good. Reporter one last Training Session that wrapped up at noon. When it was all said and done there was not a dry eye at this crossfit facility. Its heavy, its grueling and it tests your physical and mental limits. Go through together, thats the camaraderie. The San Francisco crossfit member say the loss is much vigor than weight training. Its the community and the relationships theyve built. Started to get a little weepy, its very sad. Weve been here for 15 years. As you can see there is a Huge Community of people around us. It is a sad day. Juliet and kelly opened San Francisco crossfit 15 years ago. The first in the city when people didnt know what it was. Now there are roughly 15,000
Decision to take her off life support. Kron fours dan thorn talking with her family this afternoon. Hes live tonight. In the newsroom with their story and obviously dan heartbreak that no family has to experience absolutely jonathan this has been an extremely difficult time for this family, they have no idea why someone would do Something Like this. The victim leaving behind a young son and a grieving family looking for answers. 21 yearold ivana or resolve ul celebrating her sons first birthday a joyful memory just weeks before tragedy struck the young mother and richmond native was killed after being shot in the head in valais how mean i know in the new. Justice is done. The thing that everyone is going through his son. So im going to be healed. For his novels cousin, cuba that remember sir is friendly to everyone and always had a smile. He says the family was heartbroken she couldnt pull through in we were given the up short so that we would have to because pretty much. Her brain can
Reopening plans. This is ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00. We begin tonight with a developing story out of San Francisco. Three people were rescued from a boat that capsized near alcatraz, about 3 00 this afternoon. Marine units from San Francisco fire and the u. S. Coast guard took heart in the search which Authorities Say involved a 12 foot boat that began taking on water. Authorities say two of the people on board were rescued by another boat in the area, a third person was later found on the shoreline of alcatraz island. All three were evaluated by paramedics, and are said to be okay. Rescuers pulled a body from the ocean near sutro baths in San Francisco earlier today. The call came in at 8 45 this morning. A person in need of assistance, the u. S. Coast guard was called in to help with the recovery of the body. No word on exactly how the person got stranded in the water, conditions along ocean beach and baker beach have been dangerous and turbulent over the past week. Protesters confronte
Shepard smith will introduce you a blustery weekend for many. Welcome to monday, november 16th early today starts right now grad youlad youre with uss monday. The country reaches yet another grim coronavirus milestone as state officials scramble to contain the amendment. The virus is spreading at alarming rates we have now surpassed 11 million infections that took just seven days to add a million. Before that it took ten days for the country to go from nine million cases to ten million and two weeks to go from eight to nine million these are the scenes playing out across the country as hospitals are overloaded with Covid Patients at least 15 states have increased restrictions our Megan Fitzgerald has the very latest. Moelggen, good morning valerie, good morning to you. Acrosby the count across the country we are seeing states scrambling to contain the virus. The u. S. Adding a million new infections in the last week alone, pushing total cases to 11 million and forcing more states to cr