Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
For your commute that traffic theres pretty stop and go you can see some of the traffic starting to back up there along that bridge and then move into the Golden Gate Bridge, this definitely is the lightest bridge out of all of them 37 to the tolls about 23 minutes for your morning commute there. And in the bay bridge here we go the maze to fremont you can see back to here definitely reaching past me on that overpass about 14 minutes for your drive. Daryn james thanks reyna. To one lets get to some breaking news from overnight and sad to say the u. S. Has set a new record now for the most covid related deaths in a single day you see the number on the screen behind us more than 3100 people have died now from the virus on wednesday alone most deadliest day we have seen in the pandemic and for the first time. More americans than ever in the hospital with covid a 100,000 plus americans are hospitalized in 20,000 of them. Or in the icu and this comes after california set records for numbers
Middle of the year. The toll plaza to the one o one about an eightminute drive for you ok, hot spots not to tell you about antioch to concord 17 minutes such a co 2 danville thats a 30 minute drive for you its starting to slow down just a little bit there in san leandro to milpitas and the one o one san jose to menlo park, 31 minute ride dariann james guys. Thank you are in a 6 oh one is the time our breaking news from overnight. The u. S. Has set another record now for the most covid related deaths. In a single day you can see in the graphic behind us more than 3100 people died from the virus on wednesday can see its a problem from coast to coast and for the first time a 100,000 americans or in the hospital with covid in nearly air in the icu and this comes as california now setting records for the number of new cases that its experiencing kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in San Francisco with more sara. Another grim update james darya we have just been reportedly reporting just grim grim up
Season is expected to be a problem. Governor newsom hit the emergency brake across california because of covid he mentioned something else. Imposing a statewide curfew. The possibility of it. And a lot of people didnt like what they heard. Dr. Fauci weighed in on that idea. We sat in on the speech to students. Dr. Fauci today received the award from san jose state school of journalism for integrity and honesty. Truth telling builds credibility. We must always tell the truth. He was asked by a professor about the idea of implementing a curfew. Sometimes when you are dealing with the seriousness of the situation right now, i leave it up to the good judgment of the leaders of the state and city. To make that. If they make that decision, i certainly think the basis upon which i would back that. Its worked in other countries where restaurants close early. The curfew is understandable in concept. But i have serious concerns. County supervisor is about to be sworn in as state senator and worr
Short commute i hit a lot of standing water. That woke me back up again. Hi, mike. Yeah. Definitely some minor ponding out there as we head through the morning commute. The deeper we get into the morning commute the less likely youll run into that. We have patches of drizzle and light rain to contend with. A bit of fog out there as we try to keep things damp. That will transition after the morning commute into a few waves of showers that should be over around 3 00, 4 00. The clouds may open just right before the sun sets, but tonight tule fog will be arriving. The morning commute will be wetter than the evening commute. Kind of the reverse of what we had yesterday. Well talk about a dry pattern coming up as we look into thanksgiving week. Thank you. Well start this morning with a major announcement overnight about pfizers covid19 vaccine. We know youve been tracking these vaccine developments closely. Pfizer says it is just days away now from seeking fda approval. Jobina has the detail