Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Visibility holding up well across the bay, no worries there as youre heading into work. As far as air quality goes also something thats a positive to kick off this new day were going to be seeing good conditions throughout the course of your wednesday that sea breeze its been steady the past few days really helping to keep the air swept out and those problem spots over into the Sierra Nevada or theyre actually also seeing some improvements these past couple of days. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with berkeley at 57 right now oakland at 59. While alameda hayward and fairfield each in person though 60s north bay temperatures are some of our coolest in the low 50s as for later on today do expect daytime highs to be very similar to yesterday upper 80s inland with bayside areas in the 70s and some 60s hanging on near the coast, im talking changes come this weekend in your forecast ahead robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic. Were taking a peek at your Earl
Then tomorrow as well before her casket then moves on to the state cant the. U. S. Capitol where it will lie in state on friday. So were all kind of saying thanks to root for various things rights and liberties that we have in our lives today and thats how were honoring her. Here on the kron 00 04am morning news john. She totally transform the American Experience for also many people and yeah. Definitely something that were pausing to reflect on today as for the weather causing and looking outside and you may be thinking wheres the fog. Its a big change from yesterday absolutely love this change though no fog no cloud cover Just Sunshine across the bay today. There will be a push of fog i anticipated southern Santa Clara County on into the evening tonight now as far as theyre called egos holding on to good conditions just the cherry on top of whats going to be a beautiful forecast for the day today and i suggest to enjoy today. Tomorrow and friday as much as you possibly can because af
Near as fun to be stepping outside and today though i mean look at this beautiful morning berkeley. Probably my favorite ive seen the shot is just gorgeous out there with plenty of sunshine. Trading in the gray of yesterday for the sunshine this morning and not hazy sunshine either weve got blue skies in green on our air quality map indicating that hey were going to be breathing in some fresh air yet again today, 50s and 60s for your current temperatures that is a little cooler as youre venturing outside to go ahead, get the jacket ready to go as you step outside for work this wednesday morning later on today, no need to worry about the jacket were back in the 70s and 80s talking the much hotter conditions this weekend still to come over to you robin, thank you john im noticing that the morning commute is already improving. I think the worst of the traffic was actually in the 6 oclock hour because. Im checking out the san mateo bridge and its already thinning out so asvery nice improve
Tonight, and we expect a large assume those debates even increase in their viewership where a lot of the political campaigning conventions, other forms of political communication, has waned over the past several years. Not so with debates. We actually set a record four years ago. Brought theey largest crowd, but that first debate was almost 82 Million Viewers. The alltime record. Most of those viewers tuning in, what we have learned, as high as 90 plus percent of those are there to cheer on their candidate and to root for the candidate that they already are committed to. Typically a small slice of viewers and voters who have not been following the race very closely, who are uncommitted, and what we found that small slice, they use the debates to make a candidate choice, a voting commitment. That number, typically in our studies, has been anywhere from 2 to 4 , never more than 5 . And yet, in terms of a race where the dynamic is affected, particularly bad around states, that slice of de