Part of the city with the ability to do about 500 tests each day we can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. And we must do it again. Lives are at stake. The citys Public Health director grant colfax says its getting harder for people to book appointments and the turnaround times for test results continue to vary anywhere from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco, their goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests per day in the past week theyve exceeded that by averaging more than 3200 a day the new test sites in appointment slots will increase the amount of tests the city is currently averaging by about 45 but mayor breed says shes still upset by the amount of people in the city not taking this seriously im really disappointed because what youre doing when you gather with when youre not wearing your mask, youre making our recovery longer. Youre making it more difficult for people to send their kids back to school in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news here in the bay area we
City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines
The country. And now hospitals in the state say they are preparing to expand the number of available beds for covid19 patients as the surge in patients continues to grow kron fours reyna harvey is live now she is a live report with more on this rain. Marty good morning at a major concern for a lot of these hospitals now is running out of beds along with protective equipment for staffers to use now weve seen a surge in cases like you mentioned we a top new york a stark number for california and so now hospitals are looking at the data and typically when you see a rise in cases you also see an increase in hospitalized station rate so thats what hospitals are racing for right now, and its not just about the ppe its not just about the bad. They also are seen a decline or a shortage of trained qualified nurses that are able to help along with testing material so its a lot of concerns that they have. Now beds are used for other injured or sick patients, the size those who have the virus. Hos
Where Governor Phil Murphy will update on the pandemic response. This is live coverage on cspan. Our new work toward september 30 deadline for enacting a fiscal year 2021 budget, the challenge we face in balancing our wants and needs are going to be in nervous. Enormous. The revenue losses we can project stemming from the current emergency are drastic. A projected 10 million over the next slightly more than calendar year, through june 30 of 2020 one. Without a series of deliberate measures in place, much of what we will depend upon to lift us simply will not be there for us. We wont be able to support our small businesses. We wont be able to help families get back to par. All the work we have done to put our fiscal house back in order with backtoback surpluses and the safeties we have gleaned inherent in health care, all of that will be swamped. Certainly there are things that can help us mitigate some of this crisis. First we need washington to step up with significant direct physical
Cspan and the senate on cspan2. Briefing, newys Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced he is increasing the number of people who can gather outside from 10 to 25 but with social distancing guidelines in effect. He also talks about the impact the pandemic has had on the states budget. Gov. Murphy good afternoon. Good morning, pardon me. I have already made a mistake. Im honored to be with the woman to my right who needs no introduction. To her right, another familiar face, the state epidemiologist. Thank you both for being here. To my farleft, the superintendent of the state police. To my immediate left, we have the honor to be joined by our state treasurer. We will get to liz in a minute but it is an honor to have you here. F officector o Homeland Security and other teammates. Before we get to liz, we have an announcement. Throughout the past week, we have taken the first few steps on our road back opening up toenues for people enjoy with the state has to offer and begin the recovery of