To take itot be able soon. New york times on the president s comments. The woman on my right needs no introduction. Right, the department of Health Communicable disease medical service director. Honor to be here. The superintendent of the state police. Office ofor of the Homeland Security is with us. Counsel will join us shortly. Before i get to the daily numbers, a couple of announcements and updates. Good videoconference with the white house yesterday that had a particular focus on Mental Health and the implications to Mental Health from this pandemic crisis. Good discussion and exchange. I should also say that while it was not the purpose for the call, tony fauci was in the room on the other end. Expressingly caution, and i felt his comments on the early returns on the vaccine reported yesterday were actually pretty upbeat relative to his normal demeanor. That was a big take away. I organized a call for about 16 democratic governors and Speaker Pelosi to go through her heroes direct
People in the hospital, and, sadly, 152 deaths. We know that this disease includes an extra amount of sorrow, since loved ones cannot the at the bedside, and we continue to hold all of those suffering from this virus in our thoughts. Earlier this week, i laid out our path forward to a new normal , dependent upon testing, and i want to share some key updates about our work on that front. On testing first. North carolina has made great strides, but we have more work to do. We have conducted at least 73,000 tests, which is a long way from where we were a month ago. In fact, testing and our state has increased by 88 over the last two weeks, but we need testing to be more widespread, and we need to use it to give us a better indication of where we are in this fight. Today, we announced a partnership with three of our states medical universities, to use testing and tracing to help us determine how far the disease has spread in North Carolina. This research is part of a coordinated statewide
Coronavirus pandemic. Talks aboutakabas the u. S. Economy and the Record Number of job losses as a result of the virus. Camila dechalus good morning. It is wednesday. Four weeks since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. As of today, nearly 13,000 americans have died of the disease, 400,000 americans have been diagnosed, and a 360 Million People in 42 states in the district and in the district of columbia are living under stayathome orders. We are asking how you are dealing with social distancing . Let us know how it has impacted you, your family and job. We have split up the phone lines by age. If you are under 25, 202 7488000. 2650 years. And if you are 5170 years old, the number is 202 7488002. And if you are over 70 years old, 202 7488003. You can catch up with us on social media. Wj on twitter. And regis on facebook. Reach us on facebook. Call now as we show you the map from the New York Times of the states in which residents have been told the stayathom
A refugee camp are risking the lives of so many and when art imitates life more of us staying home streaming services are seeing a rise in demand for pandemic related content. And sport the head of european football admits that many european seasons may never be finished Alexander Safran says if no play is possible by the end of june competitions could be declared void. So the official coronavirus numbers out of spain are rising again this sunday and really at an alarming rate there were 832 people who died on saturday and now a further 838 have been reported making it the countrys worst day so far all told it means were looking at over 6 and a half 1000 deaths in spain since the start of the outbreak with nearly 79000. 00 confirmed cases for the record that is the 2nd hardest hit nation now after a win more than 10000 people have died china is well lets talk about that authorities there are warning of a 2nd possible wave of corona virus infections theyve reported more than 300 new cas
We are looking at sunshine and mild daytime highs. 62 San Francisco, 66 fremont, 68 for highs in san jose. Will talk more about the rest of the week and a little of a cool down in store for us coming up. Lets check in on that bay bridge morning commute with our traffic expert gianna. We saw Early Morning delays, mary, and mystery so. We have a broken down vehicle at the Treasure Island exit on the upper deck and that is whats causing the backup. There is a member clearing at the Treasure Island exit also. A couple things going on and that is where you see conditions at the bay bridge this morning get give yourself some extra time if youre commuting there headed out of the east bay into San Francisco picked a meeting like jack but of course that will change in just a bit. A live look at one of our caltrans camera. Traffic is bogged down on the upper deck as you work your way into the tunnel just passed there is where the broken down vehicle is stuck in the lanes. San mateo bridge a bett