Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Hour but ill give you the good news first and that is our bridges look really good so heading into San Francisco this morning, no delays for you at the bay bridge toll plaza it is picking up more folks are rolling in, but no big problems so were still at an easy 7 minutes off to the fremont street exit were off to 92 and its much busier and our busiest bridge right now we have a crowd, lets itself on the flat section but that is the norm, so youre averaging a very quick 12 minutes to the peninsula. Heres the trouble spot left over from the 4 oclock hour injury crash 80 north at to kowtow so coming out of fremont into union city weve gone from having all lanes blocked to just the right lane. It was a multi vehicle accident and car fire. The right lane is still closed your backup tore thornton but thats really not too bad as i zoom out you can see that as soon as you pass the crash the rest of the trip continuing north will be fine on through union city and hayward well check out some mo
Then tomorrow as well before her casket then moves on to the state cant the. U. S. Capitol where it will lie in state on friday. So were all kind of saying thanks to root for various things rights and liberties that we have in our lives today and thats how were honoring her. Here on the kron 00 04am morning news john. She totally transform the American Experience for also many people and yeah. Definitely something that were pausing to reflect on today as for the weather causing and looking outside and you may be thinking wheres the fog. Its a big change from yesterday absolutely love this change though no fog no cloud cover Just Sunshine across the bay today. There will be a push of fog i anticipated southern Santa Clara County on into the evening tonight now as far as theyre called egos holding on to good conditions just the cherry on top of whats going to be a beautiful forecast for the day today and i suggest to enjoy today. Tomorrow and friday as much as you possibly can because af
To the pandemic the families who plan on celebrating may have to adjust their traditions. The new guidelines released by the cdc today. From the bay areas local news station. This is 4 news at 3. Thanks for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia good news for 3 more bay area counties as they moved up the states road to reopening for at least 2 of the counties that will mean immediate changes kron fours dan kerman is live in San Mateo County with details on that idea. Good afternoon were here on san bruno avenue in San Mateo County. This is one of those places that will see definite changes as you mentioned 3 counties moving from purple to read those 3 counties are Alameda County, San Mateo County as well as Solano County and as far as solano in san mateo are concerned that means reopenings and were talking about some degree some percentage of restaurants as well as retail indoors museums and zoos and aquariums in those areas to a level of capacity, 25 in those respects a
Thanks for joining us tonight at 5 oclock im ken wayne and im pam moore, a grim milestone for the United States tonight as the death toll from the coronavirus tops 200,000 that number is by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world, according to Johns Hopkins this to just take even more stark when you consider the United States has less than 5 of the worlds population but more than 20 of the reported deaths. Solemn comparison the number of dead in the u. S. Is equivalent to a 9. 11 attack every day for 6 to 7 days. And its roughly equal to the entire population of Salt Lake City here in the bay area the news is more positive as it pertains to covid19 the covid numbers and 3 bay area counties have improved so much that the state has moved those counties and the purple tear to the red to year that allows many indoor businesses to reopen at limited capacity, but only 2 of the 3 counties is moving forward from course and kerman live for us in San Mateo County to expl