Local news station. Now with breaking news. It is absolutely imperative that we take action now. Each and every one of us in order to get through this. Local Health Officials sounding the alarm and shutting services as coronavirus cases surge across the bay area. America has more than 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 240,000 people have died from this virus. Here in california. We now have gone over 1 million confirmed cases of covid19. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 on this friday, the 13th im Justine Waldman we have a lot to get to this hour and well start right now with the Team Coverage we have on the new covid restrictions that are coming across the bay area. Well start in the south bay with kron fours rob fladeboe he is live for us in san jose. And rob the city Just Announced a backtrack. In its reopening plan part of the new details. And thats just tina Santa Clara County Health Officials are holding a News Conference here at the co
Heal the soul of this country so that we can effectively address this crisis as one country. Were hardworking americans have each others backs. And now to our top story at 3 and may be months before president elect Joe Biden Takes Office but hes already getting the ball rolling with a new Coronavirus Task force on the heels of pfizer announcing early data its covid19 vaccine is 90 effective. President elect joe biden says a lot of work still remains which is why Biden Announces New covid19 Task Force Washington correspondent alexandra le mon has the details. I will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around president elect joe biden says a lot of work remains to be done to battle the coronavirus pandemic nearly 240,000 deaths so far. Protecting the projections still it okay we can lose. 200,000 more lives in the coming months thats what biden announced his new covid19 task force which includes a former Surgeon General former food and Drug Administration or and a yale professor biden
But the county is edging now towards the purple now it is announced even stricter rollbacks including the end of Indoor Dining on for us dan kerman is joining us live now from walnut creek with details good evening dam. Good evening, you know, its just tuesday. We talked about restrictions that were going in today now today, theyre putting in new restrictions will start on. As each day goes by the data gets more and more Contra Costa County Health Officer doctor Chris Farnitano says the countys covid case rate is now in the most restrictive purple tier and hospitalizations which were at 17 back in september have grown to 50 as a result come tuesday Indoor Dining will be shut down completely in the county. So well Indoor Fitness Centers and gyms and Concession Stands at movie theaters. We can put some of those key restrictions now we can hope lynn that. When a blunt that surge. Keep it from being so big and so long lasting and get us through a winter quicker and with less harm to the co
Im Justine Waltman in 4 grant tonight and im Vicki Liviakis after moving from the orange here to the red tier Contra Costa County put in new covid19 restrictions today but the county. Is edging towards the purple tier and now it is announcing even stricter rollbacks including the end of Indoor Dining room kron fours dan kerman is live for us tonight in walnut creek he has the latest details good evening. Dan. Good evening just things are just moving in the wrong direction here in Contra Costa County we talked to the Health Officer on tuesday and even since tuesday things have gotten worse now at 50 hospitalizations still the case rate is now in the purple tier as you mentioned, and as a result theyve got to do something to try to reverse this trend before it gets completely out of control. If we have become even more concerned about the trend. Contra costa county Health Officer doctor Chris Farnitano is sounding the alarm. The countys covid case rate has surged to put the county in the
Pandemic thank you so much for joining us on this friday right here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman it was during a press Conference Today that mayor london breed announced covid19 hospitalizations are up in the city, causing city leaders to take action and slowdown reopenings some services that were scheduled to increase capacity to 50 . Instead will remain at 25 capacity. Kron fours dan kerman is live for us now in San Francisco is at city hall this afternoon with all the details good afternoon. Dan. Good afternoon just in the main thing to keep in mind is nothing is going backwards. Its just not expanding in San Francisco is saying that they knew this was always a possibility, especially as we get more into the winter in the fall that rates would be going up. But theyre putting the word out to people that now is the time to buckle down and continue to do with San Francisco has been doing and as a result city leaders are doing the same and putting a pause on future reopening.