You know that can be difficult we dont spend a long time. Its a critical moment. Right now at 3 stay home covid cases have hit a record and to stop the momentum of this deadly virus Health Officials are pleading with the public to avoid gatherings and non essential travel. This thanksgiving holiday. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman Santa Clara County recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases on tuesday thats 512 new cases of covid19. Its a number of covid hospitalizations thats also concerning because that is also at a new high and officials are warning that theyre now running low on hospital beds. Kron 4 tahernia joins us live now in the newsroom with more on the warnings officials are sending. Good afternoon sun os. Hi just saying hello everyone so as covid19 cases surge here in the bay area Santa Clara County Health Officials are urging residents to stay home and avoid gathering and traveling ahead of the thanksgiving holiday that c
Friends who wanted to visit on thanksgiving, they were out of town and looking for a place to stay and. I work with children so you can the around to meet people i guess its what Public Health officials have been pleading for people to stay home and take precautions this Holiday Season Record Number of air travelers already took to the skies calculating their risk area, san miguel of concord is not planning to travel by air or cause any of them its scary, i think everybody to be safe. But im looking forward to seeing family weve been getting says pretty often so were on the same page about things 95 of travelers are expected to be driving this Holiday Season, according to aaa officer brandon korea with the california Highway Patrol says while overall the roads in the bay area have been slow during the pandemic. Speeding has been a problems like speeding down that is a completely avoidable part of the crash is your speed you can control that right to encourage safe travel officers will
Six pit bulls. Nearly killed by a pack of dogs. How some very generous people and one special doctor saved his life as a journey of 1,500 miles. And a thanksgiving like none other. From the big storm slamming millions today to the holiday football tradition postponed to the final macys parade preparations under way, were kicking off the holiday right now on america this morning. Good morning, everyone. And happy thanksgiving. We begin with several developments overnight in the coronavirus emergency. As families gather for the holiday, theres a grim reality that were now entering the darkest days of the pandemic. More than 2,200 people died from the virus yesterday, the highest since may 7th bringing the death toll to more than 262,000. The economic toll is growing as well with lines at food pantries stretching for miles. 50 million americans are facing food insecurity. And as more people protest coronavirus restrictions, some breaking news from the Supreme Court overnight, the justices
Dogs. How some very generous people and one special doctor saved his life as a journey of 1,500 miles. And a thanksgiving like none other. From the big storm slamming millions today to the holiday football tradition postponed to the final macys parade preparations under way, were kicking off the holiday right now on america this morning. Good morning, everyone. And happy thanksgiving. We begin with several developments overnight in the coronavirus emergency. As families gather for the holiday, theres a grim reality that were now entering the darkest days of the pandemic. More than 2,200 people died from the virus yesterday, the highest since may 7th bringing the death toll to more than 262,000. The economic toll is growing as well with lines at food pantries stretching for miles. 50 million americans are facing food insecurity. And as more people protest coronavirus restrictions, some breaking news from the Supreme Court overnight, the justices have ruled that new york state cannot lim
Im tom hanson in for annemarie green. A very happy thanksgiving to you and your family. Despite urgings by Health Officials for americans to stay home, people are still traveling for todays holiday, even as coronavirus cases continue to surge. Yesterday there were more than 181,000 cases in the u. S. There were also nearly 2300 deaths, the most since early may. It was a recordbreaking day in california, which recorded more than 18,000 new cases. Thats the largest single day increase for any state since the pandemic started. If you plan to watch the iconic thanksgiving day parade here in new york city, it is going to look a bit different. You guessed it thanks to the pandemic. Naomi ruchim is along the parade route with more. Naomi, good morning. Reporter hey, tom, good morning to you. Thats right, the parade route is much shorter this year. In fact, it is only about a block long, starting and ending right here in front of macys. The balloons, though, they will still fly as organizers h