Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective equipment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. 1,865 tests were reported and for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. The range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one o
Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome which is tied to the virus. [background sounds] so good afternoon. Today were going to talk a little bit about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and some new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and we will also talk about some significant shipments of personal protective equipment int of recently arrived massachusetts, thanks to some very hard work by members of our team and many others. At first we will provide our daily update on testing cases, hospitalizations. As of yesterday we have conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8500 new tests reporteded yesterday. There were 1165 1165 new posite tests reported which represents a 14 positive test rate from all test they came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before that policy rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where the the percent was hovering in the 20s
Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective aquifment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted er 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. And tests were reported for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one of the hardesthit states and many data points have been declini
Now nearly 3 months it was sealed off from the wild has now opened its doors again tens of thousands of people have been allowed to leave the city at the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak but it remains under close watch with tight Health Restrictions in place to avoid a 2nd wave of infections sarah clarke begins our coverage. Packed and ready for departure tens of thousands of people from the city of woo han are on the move after 76 days holed up in their homes when i wasnt here when i planned to go home during the Chinese New Year but because of the epidemic i didnt get to do so my family asks me every day when i come home the lockdown has been gradually lifted over the last 10 days with inbound travel allowed but no departures on wednesday all major highways were reopened so too was the citys airport at least 55000 people trying to kits to travel to other parts of china. I havent been out since january 21st this is the 1st time ive left the house now im going back home to meet
Area started out dry. We are looking at the weather not only for the bay area but its all a part of this big storm system that remains across elsewhere across the country as the region affecting southern you call your friends and family california with that storm who are also sheltering in system just parked over that place. Were watching a strong cold region. For us were on the outer edge front moving across parts of the of that and were getting ready midwest and may have a big for some dry weather and warmer Severe Weather outbreak for this weekend for parts of the south. Temperatures. For us we are going to start to a forecast in a few minutes and see our weather calming down, mike has a look at the morning quieting down, as we warm up. Commute for essential workers. So we are going to see our temperatures warming up into the upper 60s and low 70s. No backups, no big problems, a warning for folks traveling across the bridge, my camera in well have more on that. Emeryville. The span,