Sick leave. Health Officials Say the goal is to slow the spread of the virus in Alameda County where many people who test positive continue to work for fear of getting fired. Heres a look at the numbers in the bay area. There were 973 new cases for a total of over 56,000. San francisco and santa clara had the highest numbers with about 240 new cases each. 16 deaths were reported in the bay area including six in marin county and four in contra costa county. The bay area has now seen 858 deaths. As for the state numbers today, a total of more than 524,000. And there were 202 deaths bringing in the state death toll above 9700. The superintendent of california schools says work is underway to connect up to a Million Students to help with distance learning. The state is getting help from two high tech giants to get those kids connected. The start of school is just days away for some School Districts. Hundreds of thousands of students in california dont have access to computers, have poor in
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
Americas pastors, lets give it up for pastor franklin. Thank you all. You may be seated. First of all, first of all i want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be here with hall of you. Theres been very encouraging about getting together again. And especially with people love america, who love god, who loved the church and who love jesus. ,love worship. Who love the bible. And still believe jesus isthe answer. And ive just come tonight to first of all say what an honor it is to be here and i made a decision in 2016, paula and jonathan are just some of the greatest people that we have known for many many decades. Weve known you paula and now jonathan and the more that i know jonathan the greater my respect gets for him. Because hes just, theyre just a power couple in the kingdom of god, they really are and doctor jackson is here and wrap is here and doctor lee is here and im leaving somebody out there important im sure we are all here, not to list ourselves, not to talk about ourselv
Timeline. First of all, because it requires run indicating, and rushing to the finish. Particularly the door knocking, that will again next week. Reporter experts and civil rights activists were in the sped up count could hurt its thoroughness and produce inaccurate data used to draw up districts and distribute government funds. Its a lot of data that is going to be the basis of policies and research for the next 10 years. Reporter the House Committee on oversight and reform now wants to interview 8 Census Bureau officials as it looks into the latest move by the agency. And we are concerned about the accuracy of the count. The president has done Everything Possible to distract from accounts. Reporter san jose con mapman will konna is a member of that committee. He and other are concerned that it it would negatively impact minority communities and as a result, limit their representation in congress. In those are the areas that are going to be undercounted and have less representation, t
140 new deaths in the last day. The second highest single day so far. Medical experts reminding young people to stay safe and take care around older family members. In the bay area 650 patients are hospitalized with covid19. But the rate is increasing at that is read and a cause for great concern. Reporter dr. Colfax said that theres a lot of work to do. Saying that each infected person is spreading to more than one person. Officials want that number below 1. The viruses out there and more than ever before. Reporter Health Officials are encouraging people to social distance, wear masks and wash your hands. Greg lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Two more inmates at san quentin prison have died from the coronavirus. They said the 64yearold death row inmate from Sacramento County died today. Another inmate died yesterday. A total of a dozen inmates at the prison have died from the virus. The san quentin has a 1300 inmates that are positive for covid19. Four employees at a trader joes have tested posi