California governor Gavin Newsom States response to the coronavirus outbreak. Newsom spoke to reporters in sacramento. Governor newsom good afternoon, everybody. Now in our next phase of the beginning process. Actualizing those plans in real time. Let me give you an update of where we are in the state of california. In the last four days we have seen a doubling of the number of hospitalizations related to covid19. In the last four days, double the population that has been hospitalized. We have always seen a tripling of the number of i. C. U. Patients in our system in the last four days. These have long been projected based upon our modeling and consequence. We have for weeks now been organizing ourselves around a require roughly 2 3 increase in capacity within our Hospital System. That requires three fundamental things. It requires finding new places to put people. Number two, it requires having adequate supplies from p. P. E. s to the ventilators. And importantly, number three, requir
Governors. Track the spread throughout the u. S. And the world with interactive maps. Watch on demand any time unfiltered at cspan. Org slash coronavirus. Now California Governor Gavin Newsom talks about the states response to the coronavirus pandemic from yesterday. This is just under 50 minutes. Governor newsom what a remarkable week this has been not only for the state of california for one hundreds of people throughout the United States now. Estimated 80 million americans now living under some form of home isolation. Stay away orders, essential versus nonessential settings throughout the United States. This has been a very challenging time. Its time like this where we are filled with anxiety and filled with tremendous amount of uncertainty. And its understandable, people have a mindset of scarcity. You see that man fested in. So purchasing decisions people are manifested in some of the purchasing decisions people are making. A little more bread or toilet paper than they may need. A
Number of i. C. U. Patients has trimmed. Other topics included helping the Homeless Population and efforts to bring in more Health Care Workers. Good afternoon, everybody. We are now in our nicks phase to begin the process. Actualizing those plans in real time. Let me give you an update of where we are in the state of california. Particularly in the last four days we have seen a doubling of the number of hospitalizations related to covid19. In the last four days, double the population that has been hospitalized. We have always seen a tripling of the number of i. C. U. Patients in our system in the last four days. These have long been projected based upon our modeling and consequence. We have for weeks now been organizing ourselves around a surge that will recryer roughly a 2 3 increase in capacity within our Hospital System. That requires three fundamental things. It requires finding new places to put people. Number two, it requires having adequate supplies from p. P. E. s to the venti
These were the ones recently refurbished and repurposed for the purpose that they are assigned. I get, our hearts and prayers go out to everybody, as it relates to meeting this week head on. And making sure that we have all of the appropriate personnel and appropriate sites and equipments. Particularly ventilators, to support those most in need. I want to make an argument for the state of california efforts and putting in perspective the work that is be done here, and over the course of many months. By reminding everybody, that we started on this journey in january, with repatriation flights that came into the United States, through the state of california for people in Mainland China american citizens. We brought them onto air force bases here in the state of california. And began a formal relationship and partnership with the federal government, cdc and respective agencies. That generated a lot of attention and raised alarm bells for the state of california that we needed to prepare
Backlog, lot had to do with the commercial labs stepping up. We congratulate them for good work. Newsom stanford has developed a test. And website to post medical supplies to be donated or sold to support the response to covid19. Governor newsom issued executive order prohibiting sellers to increase prices more than 10 on food, necessaryedpp lies. Will be in place fore months. Can charge violators with a misdemeanor. More on numbers now. More than 278,000 confirmed covid19 across the united states. More than 7,100 people have died. In california, more than 12,000 people have tested positive for covid19. 265 coronavirus deaths in the state. 11th staff member has tested positive at San Franciscos laguna honda hospital. Increases total cases at nursery home to 15. California has delivered more than 41 million n95 masks to Health Care Providers statewide. Hearing of large spike in hate incidents against asianamericans, website launched by Planning Council received over 1,100 reports of dis