Well if you thought it was bad in the spring, its worse now the United States recorded 188,000 new coronavirus cases on thursday setting a new oneday record and an average of 1300 americans are dying each day from this virus. This is the highest death rate since much of the country was on lockdown in the spring. Happy friday and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman we will start this afternoon in San Francisco where changes are coming the citys Health Director has offered a dire warning today again and doctor grant colfax says the city is heading towards the governors purple tier and could soon be under those newly announced a curfew he said this could happen as early as sunday, the city has been experiencing a steady increase in cases since the beginning of october with more than 700 people being diagnosed. So far this week alone. Kron fours dan kerman is following the story for us he will have a full report coming up on kron 4 news at 5 6 ocloc
Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well
Here. I spent any evenings on the second floor and listening to the local authors talk about the books. So i really appreciate the invitation. I want to say hi to everybody out there who have not been able to see facetoface, in person. So thank you for tuning in. Obviously i am doubly honored that ron has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Go back. We were introduced by a local, years ago. Ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Enron of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about World War Two veterans and i want to give you a little bit of a background before and i start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you. Much but no helper as they would be called. Instead the average lifespan of someone would be 18 months of someone wanted in world war i. World war ii was a game changer, the advent of penicillin. In other drugs. They had surgical units are be
News at 3. I ask everyone to stay calm. All the people to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed. Will know very soon. Now with 3 former Vice President joe biden is urging patients with the American People as we anxiously await the results for the next president of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 your local election headquarters. Im Justine Waldman were also just getting word right now that President Trump plans to speak at around 3. 30 this afternoon as soon as that happens well bring it to you live. Right here on kron 4. Meanwhile, were just 2 days after the election. And all eyes are still on the race to 270 electoral votes, joe biden is still leading at this hour with 264 its been stuck there for about 24 hours now. Lets take a look now at the Electoral College vote map provided by the Associated Press. We see joe biden still sticking at 264. President donald trump a 214. 270 is whats needed to win the battleground states
Now its 3 as we approach halloween, the holiday as we know is going to be looking a lot different this year, San Francisco mayor london breed is warning people to stay vigilant about physical distancing. And maskwearing good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman now San Franciscos mayor is saying were starting to see coronavirus numbers spike and she does not want people to relax just because the city and the county is in the least restrictive tier kron fours Maureen Kelly was with the mayor today she joins us live now with the halloween. Warnings that are out there good afternoon maureen. Good afternoon just seen thats right. I mean this halloween was shaping up to be an epic halloween right is on a saturday theres going to be a full moon, its in San Francisco. I mean its really a beloved holiday here with kids and adults with dressing up getting out partying. But and its also the mayors favorite holiday. She says she was really looki