Berkeley youre at 56. Well, San Francisco at 55 right now. Later today, daytime highs rise into the 80s 70s for most of us this is actually a little cooler than yesterday, especially for the south bay. Were daytime highs will in some cases only rise into the upper 70s, ive got more your forecast still to come daryn. They fly 7 o one right now california is shut down again because coronavirus is surging the governor announced a major step in rolling back the reopening yeah ordering all counties to shut down indoor operations for certain. Businesses, the restrictions are even tighter 4 counties on the states watch list which includes a few right here in the bay area. This morning, los angeles on high alert and on the verge of a complete shutdown weve never had as many people infected or infectious. Weve never had as many recorded positive cases each day. And weve never had as many people in the hospital Los Angeles County reported nearly 2,600 new coronavirus cases monday. As california
Livermore at 63 right now concord and fairfield youre at 65 while berkeley San Francisco in tehran. Still holding on to the 50s later today, San Francisco rises to the upper 60s oakland low 70s. While san jose in the low 80s. Daria. Thanks a lot john california is shutting down again the governor Just Announced a major step. Back in reopening the economy ordering all counties to close indoor operations. But the restrictions are even tighter for the counties that are on the States Coronavirus watch list and there are some in the bay area. Area Stephanie Elam has more. This morning, los angeles on high alert and on the verge of a complete shutdown weve never had as many people infected or infectious. Weve never had as many recorded positive cases each day. And weve never had as many people in the hospital Los Angeles County reported nearly 2,600 new coronavirus cases monday. As california added more than 8,300 new infections. The same day governor Gavin Newsome taking action. Closing ind
Because theres an increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations throughout the county and its gotten so bad that the numbers are showing that almena county has most ksat of any county in the bay area and that has caused major concern for Public Health officials theyve been deciding what to do in terms of reopening or not county Public Health Officials Say the number of cases has risen in the last week from 63 to 71 per 100,000 people before this though they were seeing a decline in numbers so officials thought it was time to move forward with the states case for reopening by applying for variance attestation putting the county officially in stage 2 thats where a lot of counties are in our state. But now the Health Department and other officials dont believe its safe to do so since every day the numbers are now going up at last check theres been 5700 cases of coronavirus here in Alameda County was 133 deaths now we heard earlier from the Alameda County Health Director whos describe
Down into the mideighties at our warmest well coastal in bayside areas remain in the 60s and 70s. James all right john thank you want to begin this morning with the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic record breaking cases have triggered rollbacks on the reopenings across nearly 40 states. In american fact yesterday the u. S. Had the most infections recorded in a single day. Take a look at this chart Johns Hopkins university reporting now that more than 50,000 new cases were reported you wednesday alone and that brings the total number of positive cases here in the u. S. To more than 2. 6. Million with more than 128,000 people having died experts worry that if things dont turn around soon. The nation could eventually see a 100,000 new cases each and every day. Heres a look at the numbers closer to home across the state of california. We have more than 238,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 6,000 deaths. In the bay area we have more than 25,000 cases confirmed with 500
National numbers. The numbers for the rest of the nation are going up. What were doing here shows results. Across the country is to hold a new case count is not falling hovering somewhere over 20,000 every single day i think that we need to understand this may be the new normal we may not be able to get transmission down much more i hope we can but many places reopening anyway, all spots now growing in cities like dallas, some more realworld flare ups to like those in nebraska and minnesota, but. Better testing might just play into all this. I dont think theres anyone that didnt know that there were more cases out there. They just werent known because the testing was so little a former cdc director told lawmakers today that the u. S. Death toll will exceed. 100,000 as bad as this has been. Its just the beginning airlines now hoping well get back in the air average passengers per plane is up to 23 from just 17 last week. All but these 7 states are now taking steps to get back in busines