Rollbacks and then be under the governors curfew kron fours dan kerman is following the story for us tonight is now live in the city with details good evening dance. Well this certainly shocking news, San Francisco of course moving from yellow jumping 2 spots to read now were finding out the cases have nearly quadrupled in a month and that means San Francisco could go to purple which will mean not only the curfew but will also be bad news for businesses because of additional rollbacks. Were in a search that has the potential to overwhelm our local Health System thats a dire warning from San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax cases of covid19 of nearly quadrupled in over a month. From 217 new cases the week of october 12th to 768 new cases this week and if the surge continues, San Francisco could be moved to the purple reopening tear as early as sunday. The choices we. You. I make in the next 2 weeks will determine the trajectory of this Holiday Season, a purple designation w
Tightening of restrictions would push down the covid rates. A state mandated curfew. The goal of a curfew is to decrease activity and decrease the spread of the virus and perhaps, a curfew would help. This weekend marks a traditional travel weekend. The Citys Department of Public Health joining the chorus to avoid traveling for the holiday. If families are going to gather they must do so in as safe a manner as possible. Keep it to no more than six people and keep it outdoors and keep the masks on. The choices we, you, i make in the next two weeks will determine the trajectory of the Holiday Season. The Health Leaders say they are asking people to stay home this year to protect their families so everyone can come together and and healthy next year. Santa clara county Health Official said hospitals could reach full capacity in three weeks. The warning comes a week before thanksgiving and on a day when the county recorded the highest number of cases in a single day. Were at a critical jun
Away. Most laws in our society rely on us to do the right thing and do our part on a daily basis. Thats true of every law that we have out there. Reporter as tough as this may be, there are signs of encouragement. This week the county submitted its covid19 vaccination plan to the state detailing its plans for Community Engagement and Vaccine Distribution and management. Facility haves been constructed throughout the county to properly store the vaccines upon arrival that will be made available to Health Care Workers on the front lines with a high risk of contracting the disease. The decision doesnt begin and end with the first decision, we will continue to review the data on the effectiveness and safety of all vaccines coming through. Reporter dr. Grace lee from Stanford School of medicine serves on the Cdc Advisory Committee responsible for making vaccine recrecommendations. Well continue to reevaluate the vaccines in the population to ensure were protecting everybody. Reporter steps
Start off cold this morning. But very sunny skies outside right now mostly Clear Conditions in fact our live camera showing east bay zone right now this are camera on top the east bay hills on berkeley and we can actually see a street to the bay, so its a nice clear morning. But it is very cold check out these that chilly temperatures 40s and 50s right now that im tracking but things are going to change into the afternoon because were going to start to heat up and actually get 70s on the board if you can believe that were going to be well above seasonal averages but then tomorrow, big changes are on the way because look at all that rain all that green on your screen that storm system is headed straight or direction in fact we could start seeing raindrops early tomorrow morning so your commute into work might be a little bit of a wet one so make sure that you grab the umbrellas get those ready tonight and your rain coats because were going to need those for a couple of days, ill let you
For your commute that traffic theres pretty stop and go you can see some of the traffic starting to back up there along that bridge and then move into the Golden Gate Bridge, this definitely is the lightest bridge out of all of them 37 to the tolls about 23 minutes for your morning commute there. And in the bay bridge here we go the maze to fremont you can see back to here definitely reaching past me on that overpass about 14 minutes for your drive. Daryn james thanks reyna. To one lets get to some breaking news from overnight and sad to say the u. S. Has set a new record now for the most covid related deaths in a single day you see the number on the screen behind us more than 3100 people have died now from the virus on wednesday alone most deadliest day we have seen in the pandemic and for the first time. More americans than ever in the hospital with covid a 100,000 plus americans are hospitalized in 20,000 of them. Or in the icu and this comes after california set records for numbers