Well if you thought it was bad in the spring, its worse now the United States recorded 188,000 new coronavirus cases on thursday setting a new oneday record and an average of 1300 americans are dying each day from this virus. This is the highest death rate since much of the country was on lockdown in the spring. Happy friday and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman we will start this afternoon in San Francisco where changes are coming the citys Health Director has offered a dire warning today again and doctor grant colfax says the city is heading towards the governors purple tier and could soon be under those newly announced a curfew he said this could happen as early as sunday, the city has been experiencing a steady increase in cases since the beginning of october with more than 700 people being diagnosed. So far this week alone. Kron fours dan kerman is following the story for us he will have a full report coming up on kron 4 news at 5 6 ocloc
Those counties are in the orange here also on tuesday napa county is expected to move back into the purple tier which is the most restrictive in the reopening map. Currently napa county is in the orange here also on tuesday contra costa and santa clara and warren counties will ban Indoor Dining a ban on Indoor Dining in San Francisco started yesterday. Meanwhile doctor Peter Chinhong with ucsf says businesses are paying the price for that rapid rise in cases. He said in a statement that the restrictions targeting entire classes of businesses arent very fine tuned. And dont address specific activities that are driving up those increases. A big story were following this sunday night a bay area mother killed in a senseless shooting last week Toledo Police say the 21 yearold mother of little boy was hit by bullets during a shooting friday that womans family making the painful decision to take her off life support. Kron fours dan thorn talking with that family this afternoon is live tonight
Is limited to 25 capacity just in time for the holidays. Owner Jennifer Smith is strictly adhering to all health guidelines, but she does have one question. Yeah, i havent heard anything about, you know, any particular retail establishments here being, you know, traced back to an outbreak. Knowing that people are getting sick because theyre gathering at home, theyre gathering with their families, going to house parties, so why are businesses closing . Because theres no way to control whats going on in homes and whats going on in private gatherings. Reporter the pandemic fatigue in our community is completely understandable. Weve been at it for months. Reporter the supervisor is also frustrated. He says the states approach to virus control may be unfairly punishing businesses and creating skeptics. The data being utilized contributing to these decisions, they take into account the local conditions to make sure communities can stand behind those decisions being made. Reporter the decisio
Win the election. Now, specifically, lets go to georgia where the race is getting closer by the hour. Donald trump only leads there now by 23,000 votes. A democrat hasnt carried georgia since bill clinton back in 1992. This afternoon, Election Officials said they had about 200,000 votes left to count. Theyre expected to announce more results tomorrow morning. Georgia has 16 electoral votes. 20 electoral votes are at stake in pennsylvania. Election Officials Say it could be days until we have a final count there. There is a mustwin for President Trump, but his lead has been shrinking throughout the day. In the upper midwest, it was Mission Accomplished for joe biden. He won two of the crystal states today including michigan with its 16 electoral votes. The other blue wall state biden picked up, wisconsin. President trump a lead in that state disappeared overnight as votes from milwaukee turned the numbers. Today, the Trump Campaign laid the ground work for contesting the election launch
Looking out at our fog tracker yeah, theres definitely not as much of it to be talking about but there are a Little Pockets of it so do watch for that the densest a fog is actually out towards the Central Valley, this morning. Temperatures are in the 30s and 40s livermore youre at 39 degrees right now oakland, you may not be in the 50s like you were yesterday but a lesion on the 30s here 46 right now Napa Petaluma nevado san Anselmo Santa Rosa and santa lena, all down in the 30s as well in napa you are cool spot this morning at 35 degrees. Were all above freezing at least, but it is chilly side say bundle up get that extra layer on as you venture outside now of course as you venture outside this morning got to know what to expect on the roads it was a little calmer on the roads yesterday robin and this morning hopefully living up to that too and if so far will stay that way john thats a big question but youre absolutely right. I started noticing yesterday that we have a lot of folks ou