Have been reported across the country. And here at home that grim nationwide milestone comes as california statewide covid numbers continue to improve governor Gavin Newsome providing an update earlier today, he says the state has averaged about 3400 cases over a sevenday period, the latest numbers showing below that with just under 3300 cases reported yesterday the governor says on average they are conducting more than 100,000 tests a day. And with a number of testing going up the Positivity Rate is going down over the last 7 days even with the improving numbers, california still has a Positivity Rate of 2. 1 . The governor says the state is committed to increasing testing across california. We are of the firm opinion that that we are able to move forward to increase the availability and the timeliness of tests here in the state of california we will have more clarity and more insurance in our capacity to move more swiftly to that not only reopen different sectors of our economy more
Peninsula. Tonight people breathing a sigh of relief after flames got way too close for comfort. Good evening. Dozens of homeowners in belmont on edge this evening. Theyre back home after a fastmoving brush fire forced them to evacuate. This happened near alhambra drive, which backs up to open space near san juan canyon. The outcome could have been very different but quick work by firefighters saved homes. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more. Reporter standing on the rooftops of homes, firefighters poured water on a fouralarm brush fire moving up a dry canyon in belmont. While crews attacked the flames, Belmont Police officers went door to door. They said, sorry, you have to evacuate. So we just got ready. Reporter telling people in 40 homes in the cipriani neighborhood to evacuate. One woman snapped this picture of flames out her back window before she left. Some didnt know they were in danger. I saw the smoke. At first i thought it was the regular stuff. Reporter officers tied caution t
Global leader in public health, at the recommendations at the much more the national leader. Task force just made. I think theres a lot of damage thats right. That has been done already but given the states dubious during covid, and, you know, i think we are scrambling to record of making technology changes, the edd is facing a figure out who to believe. All right. So just so we have some of the chance of ridicule in something Important Information out there goes awry. The backlog has been growing by on the likelihood and how 10,000 applications every day. So over the weekend, the edd common airborne transmission is, we know the world health announced it will not accept organization recognized the new applications for two weeks threat posed by aerosols back in july. What does the research in an overall sense suggest about can to it can install a new system transmitted through those to speed up the process. Aerosols, and is the evidence our report, which we have conclusive . So the evid
A more aggressive approach today in the states fight to control the coronavirus. California is ordering some businesses to close after theyve just reopened. We begin with one decision today by the governor thats impacting two main issues. In an effort to build a better bay area, we are talking about the economy and our health. He is ordering all bars to shut down in the following counties. Take a look. Fresno, imperial, kern, kings, los angeles, san joaquin and toler. The mandate of closures are in counties that have been on the States Coronavirus watch list for more than two weeks. Governor newsom says this step is critical to limit the spread of the virus in counties that are seeing the biggest increases. Two bay area counties are e ones where the governor is recommending bar closures. Those are contra costa, santa clara, riverside, sacrament san bernardino, Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Contra costa was considering reopening bars on wednesday while bars are still closed in san
Counties across shut down immediately because of the rapid spread of coronavirus. Marian Marianne Favro is live. Reporter none of the seven counties are here in the bay area, but the governor did ask eight other counties, including contra costa and santa clara to take action. Due to the rising spread of covid19, ordering bars to close into fresno, imperial, kern, kings, los angeles, san joaquin and tulare county. San mateo has reopened bars, is not on the list of closures. San francisco is not either and its set to reopen tomorrow. There are several reasons why Health Leaders say bars pose additional risk. Tend to draw extra crowds. People tend to take off mask to drink and they often have loud music so people have to yell and spread more airborne particles. Also harder to do Contact Tracing when people move from one bar to another. In santa clara county, bars are not allowed to reopen and governor wants it to stay that way for now. Nbc bay area news. Just in the newsroom, Belmont Poli