In the past two weeks. Good evening, everyone. Im julie haner. And im frank sommerville. Tonight we have another statistic thats as staggering. 1 million cases and rising. Today the worldwide coronavirus pandemic reached and then quickly exceeded that number, along with more than 53,000 deaths. And here in the bay area theres more sad news, all nine counties have reported deaths from the coronavirus. Everyone should work a Face Covering out in public. Regional Authorities Say wearing a cloth mask or bandanna may prevent transmission of the coronavirus. This in medical grade masks should be reserved for healthcare rkers. According to the Labor Department a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 870,000 people filed firsttime claims. California has twice as many unemployment claims as any other state. The flood of new requests for jobless benefits is now threatening to overwhelm the States Employment offices. Now we have advice
Ong joins us now live with why doctor says, although the number of cases is going up theres a glimmer of hope tonight, gayle. Vicki and grant were told Ucsf Medical Center is stable with 15 to 16 patients in the last week and that other bay area hospitals are also seeing relatively low numbers. Thanks to people sheltering in place. Well before other parts of the country. The orders are heated empty streets in San Francisco crossing market street. We found few people appearing to be essential workers and no traffic an example of why Health Experts say the city is showing signs of flattening the curve to slow down the coronavirus we spoke with doctor Robert Wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine people, San Francisco listen i think they they understood the science and they said this is the right thing to do obviously causes hardships. Doctor wachter says even know the number of cases continues to rise, theres been a slow search and City Hospitals at ucsf so we have had and her 16 p
We are wrapping up the month of march which will be unlike any other. We are glad you are with us. Are you among the millions working from home. We are social distancing but getting work done. You bet. I had an interesting telephone call. We hear stories about a family member, sister that is a nurse. I wont say where but in california. She is working nonstop and doing what she does. What she told me. Shes being an intermediary. In between. Family members cannot go inside the hospital. Shes having telephones and having facetime conversations. Things she has never done before. Being the person in the middle. Is eyeopening. Somebody close to me, someone in my family. A firefighter is doing what he is doing. I cant thank the First Responders enough. Doctors, nurses. Especially since retired doctors, nurses are being called. A big thank you. Retired nurses, doctors, coming in to take care of people experiencing normal things. Somebody who comes into the er. Somebody who has to go to the hos
Thats now making ventilators. But is it enough and will they get to sick patients in time . And reading the room. Levar burton on the solice in reading books at this time. First, heres todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. This san allout military operation that weve waged. The president warning americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities. This next week is going to look bad because were still not yet at that apex. This is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9 11 moment. The coronavirus is truly vicious. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now hospitalized a week after he tested positive for coronavirus. Its a big move going to the hospital. Thats a big thing. Hes a great gentlemen, so i just hope hes okay. Queen elizabeth gave a special address from her residence at windsor castle. It offered words of comfort. We will meet again, but for now, i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to all. Nba champion kobe bryant will be inducted into the hall of fame
And thats where the rain was over the weekend especially on sunday. Santa clara mountains, and 35 inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The system off the mendocino coast and it swings in and you can light up the rain gauge again today and 30s and 40s very cold. This time of year we are well below average for the morning and the rain south bay even sneaking over parts of the east bay into the Santa Cruz Mountains and briefly at times and on the peninsula. Penn temperatures upper 60s low 60s in hamilton. It looks to be San Francisco oakland south. Sal is here now and he will tell us if there is anything going on. South . People are driving and whenever it rains we get crashes in effect because the roads are wide open as we look at the san mateo bridge here. Westbound 92 traffic is moving along pretty well heading out to the highways and you can tell the roads are damp and weve had a couple of incidents is clear. For the most part the traffic is moving along very well and airports