And putting months of planning to test at local hospitals. This graphic shows the average number of cases in the bay area. The numbers on the right, cases are rising. We have more on what hospitals are preparing for. Reporter bay area doctors say hospitals are better prepared for a surge because they have been planning for one since sprng. This tent was set up for covid19 patients. It hasnt been filled but experts worry this time as cases rise sharply that may chang. We have a playbook, we have a formula that we set up even from the beginning of the pandemic. Reporter this doctor says while bay area hospitals are prepared for a fall surge in covid19 cases he is urging everyone to keep the guard up. Cases are climbing. Right now San Francisco is seeing an average of 80 new cases a day compared to 32 a day in early october. Experts warn if the curve isnt flattened it could climb to 300 cases a day by theened of december and could overwhelm hospitals. A lot more people are in the hospital
That we saw over the summer in july. Weve talked so much about the twindemic, that covid surge combined with flu season. This could overwhelm hospitals in a matter of weeks, and despite the gloomy outlook, many local Health Leaders are feeling much more confident this time around. Here is nbc bay areas anousha rasta. Reporter if the latest surge in covid19 cases wasnt bad enough, now hospital workers and Health Care Workers need to worry about the looming flu season as well. We have been preparing for capacity. Making sure that we have equipment and supplies and just making sure that our protocols are in place to keep our patients safe as well as our Health Care Workers. Reporter dr. Sam shen is an emergency medicine doctor at Stanford Health cares palo alto campus and tells me he thinks the team and the hospital are ready to face a surge in covid patients. Should we hit a surge scenario, you know, we have prepared different backup plans. We have a scenario to manage surges and then we
San jose and 75 in oakland and 68 for San Francisco. So right around where we should be for this time of year. With offshore winds kicking foweekend, and to early next week, we have critical fire weather conditions. A red flag warning is now in effect as we look to saturday 9 00 p. M. Until monday at 8 00 a. M. For the north bay mountains and east bay hills and valleys due to gusts up to 35 to 50 Miles Per Hour. And low relative humidity values. You will be watching this very closely for you as we head into the weekend. Now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic on this friday morning. Hey, good morning. Taking a look at the roadways, its still pretty slow into the Altamont Pass, we starun right at grant line. All lanes are now open. But a bit of backup continues out of tracy. Heading into the area. Plus theres a wind advisory in effect. So extra careful as you are traveling through there. The drive times though looking at lot better. 39 minutes now to go from 205 over to 680.
Shorter isolation Period Health experts are no longer encouraging testing. Before you go back to work on fortune well bellow spoke to a doctor about the changes. Almost as if testing. Means everything but also after certain points Means Nothing testing isnt one tool among many. And its a very good tool, but it needs to be interpreted properly. 6 months into the covid19 fight here in the u. S. And Health Experts are revising previous recommendations to help stop the spread. In an article published tuesday the centers for Disease Control states and those who have tested positive can be around others 10 days after the positive test 8 as long as you have no fever and your symptoms have improved we started off with 14 days because we really didnt understand much about the virus. Stanford Infectious Disease expert doctor Yvonne Maldonado says Health Experts were right to be cautious in the beginning but now theres no real evidence of transmission that occurs. 10 days after somebody is infect
Problem for most if youre out the coastline though youll notice more of an impact from fog and maybe even some coastal drizzle right along the pacific shore on through the course of the morning season, 6 teaser temperatures right now definitely not a bad start to the day get those light jackets on as you are stepping outside this morning. If youre out the coast, a may keep him on into the afternoon well for inland areas, youre going to enjoy this one highs that are warmest only in the upper 80s. More your forecast is still head back to you james all right, thank you very much john a fair for 31 the time we have some breaking news from overnight a man killed in an officer involved shooting in oakland kron fours reyna harvey live from oakland now with details reyna bring us up to speed what happened. Well this actually started as a pursuit that started in san leandro and land in oakland. We made a map so you can see exactly where this ended this is on pippin apples street here in east oa