3,600 confirmed cases of covid 19 in the bay area. A third of those are in hard hit Santa Clara County. The bay area is expected to reach its peak later this month, but will we building be ready . They are predicting we would not have shortages in regular or icu beds even at the peak. Reporter professor tara dion says early shelter in place orders may save californias Healthcare System from running out of beds, but cautions the system will still be under enormous strain. There is an issue of where those beds are and are they in the right place . So as a whole across the state, i think we probably have enough icu beds. The question is are they in the places where well have the patients coming in . Reporter shifting beds, equipment or patients around the state the professor says will be a huge logistical and administrative challenge and while the state has done what it can to slow the spread of the disease and flatten the curve, there may still be shortages looming of ventilators and oth
In the east bay we had an earlier crash, eastbound 24, the slowing earlier cleared. Theyre still there. No problem traveling away from the bay bridge. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Tracking coronavirus cases across the country there are now more than 337,000. The bay area has more than 3,600 confirmed cases. Santa clara county has about onethird of the overall total and at least 89 people have died here in the bay area. In the meantime on capitol hill americas Biggest Health leaders are warning this could be our roughest week yet as america continues to battle the pandemic. Tracie potts joins us live from washington, d. C. , this morning with the very latest. Tracie . Reporter laura, good morning. They say we are going to see the numbers soar this week and it will be a tough week. While things are getting worse in some areas theyre starting to get better in others. I see light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter with coronavirus cases expected to peak this week, the white house is hopeful.
Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 pm and streaming on cbsn bay area Santa Rosa Police issuing a warning in the last couple hours after two more of its employees tested positive for covid 19. Good evening. Eight people within the department have the virus. The chief also sent out this message to people not sheltering in place. Our department is considering additional enforcement measures if we continue to see people out and about in violation of the order. I cannot emphasize this enough. Our Police Officers and staff who are potentially exposed to coronavirus as they respond to calls for service need you to stay home so they can continue to go to work. The other headlines tonight a huge jump in coronavirus hospitalizations statewide. The governor said they nearly have doubled over the past four days. It went from about 700 people to now more than 1400 patients. Take a look. Intensive care patients nearly tripling from 200 to about 600 statewide. The governor said the state has already s
Please save space for somebody who has no other option. Cris, sfmta says00orrs he serce industry and who rely on this service for their transportation. Also, sfmta confirmed that so far five of their staff employees tested positive for covid19, including several operators. Again, the service will continue, but starting tuesday, 51 of their active lines will be shut down. In the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. Luz, thank you very much. Now to the latest headlines, San Franciscos laguna honda hospital has 14 confirmed cases, 11 among staff members. Three are residents. All are in good condition. A tiger at the bronx zoo tested positive for covid19. Nadia, a 4yearold female mall lane tiger was tested after developing a dry cough. She is expected to recover. Washington state is returning more than 400 ventilators to the national stockpile. Officials say the machines could be better used in states facing larger outbreaks. And bostons mayor today recommended a curfew for bostonian, saying Cit
For 90 days on 14 models. This is help when you need it. Now at 11 00, getting loud for Health Care Workers on the front lines, and the emergency call to get more medical staff to join the fight against the pandemic. An innovative way to test for covid19. Tonight how scientists at uc berkeley will be using robots to process a thousand samples a day. Hate crimes rise in the wake of the outbreak. The group of civilians patrolling the streets and their powerful message tonight. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, the urgent call for more medical workers to join the battle against the coronavirus. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Cases here in california have jumped more than a thousand in a single day, bringing the total number to over 7400. But a more telling number, hospitalizations statewide nearly doubled to nearly 1400. And the number of patients in intensive care beds tripled. And tonight the examiner reports a second muni operator has tested positive f