Globally there are almost 1. 6 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus with the global death toll reaching 95,000. The United States leads the world with more than 460,000 cases and 16,000 reported s. California is now trying to extend extra benefits to Health Care Workers on the front lines of coke and 19 our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the governors latest update. California Health Care Workers on the front lines of covid19 now have access to travel vouchers and stipends governor newsome announced thursday the state will reimburse lower wage workers 100 of hotel costs and provide vouchers to others who need to sleep away from home for work so that theyre allowed to stay closer to their patients. And provide them the opportunity not to worry about being out of pocket or worry about exposing their families or god forbid worried about another night sleeping in their car. So they can stay closer to the needs in their communities. The 150 hotels that are part of the
Across parts of the bay bridge. As we head to our afternoon we are looking at cool tor 40s to low 50s and all of us will be in the 50s this afternoon, below average we will track the rest of our future cast coming up. Lets check in with gianna who is working from home this morning. December Olympic Games will be pushed or 2041. The ioc has been under impressed center live look from capitol hill. Senators will be back at the negotiating table today. A 2 trillion economic stimulus package is the focus once again. The third senate vote on the matter could come sometime today. House democrats are working on their own Coronavirus Response legislation, which is adding pressure on the senate to reach an agreement. Atten curve. This is not the time for a party, for a play date. You cant do that at a pickup basketball game. You cant do that when you are recreating as you have in the past. You are putting lives and stick. You are putting Public Health in jeopardy. The goal is for fewer people to
Hospitals across the country expect to run out of beds within the next 2 weeks. Well there are over 722,000 cases worldwide and nearly 34,000 deaths here in the us we have more than a 142,000 cases in over 2400 deaths. The state of california we currently have more than 6200 cases and a 100 and 30 deaths so far. Now right here at home in the bay area there are nearly 1900 coronavirus cases, Santa Clara County has the most with 646 cases in 25 deaths so far San Francisco county. Theyve seen 340 cases with 5 deaths along the peninsula, San Mateo County euro 277 cases with 6 tests. Alameda county has 240 cases, 6 deaths so far there. And there are a 168 cases in Contra Costa County with 3 deaths to the north bay marine county theyre reporting 93 cases with one death so far, 58 cases and one death in Sonoma County Solano County has 34 cases and napa county now has 14 cases. County fairgrounds is serving as a drivethru coronavirus testing site d it will also so become a homeless shelter dur
Need to maintain a safe distance from one another we feel that the mitigation that were doing right now is having an effect to extend. This mitigation process unl the end of april i think was a wise and prudt decision the corona virus has already killed more than 2400 people in the us. President trump says modeling shows the countrys death rate may peak in about 2 weeks. If we could hold that down. As were saying 2,000 its a horrible number. Maybe even less that 200,000 so we have between a 10200,000. We all together of done a very good to the us has the most confirmed cases worldwide with more than 139,000 as of sunday night. Hospitals in some parts of the country expect to run out of beds within 2 weeks as more patients arrive, we really have to have a new mentality a new culture. Hospitals working with one another this is going to be all hands on deck. This is everybody helping everyone else im John Lawrence reporting. And San Francisco supervisor matt haney says the stay at home or
Continue to do our partat kron 4 with social distancing here in the studio and of course heth officials want us all to do worldwide there are about 596,000 cases and more than 27,000 deaths. In the United States alone there was a surge of more than 21,000 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. This came after the us became the country with the highest number of cases tonight. There are more than a 104,000 cases while 1700 people have died. In california. There are more than 4700 k a coronavirus cases and 94 people have died. The Us Navy Ship Mercy with is 100 hospital beds arrived in Southern California today and a somber warning from los angeles today as the city of angels prepares for what is expected to be a significant surge cases of covid 19our kate ronan has the latest on developments there. With 257 new confirmed cases in los angeles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater pected surge in the coming days, yesterdays would of course have a 50 doubling rate of les