Filed for initial Unemployment Benefits as the coronavirus slammed the u. S. Economy. A total of 38. 6 Million People have filed since midmarch when lockdowns began all across the country you know if theres any relatively positive news here. Its that firsttime claims have declined for 7 straight weeks. They peaked at 6. 9 million in the final week of march. And while layoffs and furloughs have taken hold of the labor market President Trump is optimistic the economy. Well bounce back nadia romero explains from washington. Its a tale of 2 perspectives economy will recover it will take time clearly the economy is not going to snap back come july jobless claims released thursday showed 2. 4 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total nationwide to more than 38 million since midmarch. But the president believes the jobs are only temporarily lost. Thursday touring a ford plant in michigan, heres my mask great. Very much wearing a face mask for parts of his
Than 4 months ago on february 6th and since then an average of almost 900 americans. Have lost their battle with the virus every single day. The new number may not be complete because some victims may have died without ever being tested and therefore were not counted. The death toll from coronavirus is higher than our military losses in the vietnam. And korean wars combined. We passed another unfortunate milestone on the global scale as well today the number of reported deaths from covid19 has surpassed 350,000 worldwide and theyre now. 5. 6 million cases overall in the u. S. There are nearly 1. 7 million cases and in california there are now more than 100,000 cases and over 3800 people have died. After keeping the state largely lockdown since march 19th the governor newsome has quickly allowed as many as 47 counties to move further into the reopening faces and one local Health Official says that he could be moving too fast. Santa clara county Public Health director doctor sara cody to
Have started that means retailers will be open for Curbside Pickup. After all this shelteringinplace yeah kron fours ray harvey standing by live in san jose. With more on what we can expect there good morning well good morning and as you mentioned the hardest hit county out here in santa clara, but right now this morning. Theyre moving into phase 2 so what can you expect from local businesses and means retail shops like the one behind me will be open this morning but for Curbside Pickup only so you cant go inside and you still have to wear a mask when you come to these retail shops. Now weve seen this play out in other counties across the bay area that have already made their way into phase 2 you can call the retail shop in advance in place in order than when you arrive pick it up at the door pay at the door but making sure you still dont go inside. Now the order allows retail establishment. Also those store fronts that allow the manufacturing and warehousing and logistical operations
Passed another unfortunate milestone on the global scale as well the number of reported deaths from covid19 has surpassed 350,000 worldwide. And there are now more than 5. 6 million confirmed cases overall in the u. S. There are nearly 1. 7 million cases and in california there are now more than 100,000 cases and over 3800 people have died. Today governor Gavin Newsome told leaders in the gym and Fitness Industries that that new guidelines on reopening gyms and Fitness Centers in california will be coming soon. Those comments came during a round table he held via zoom. The governor did not give a specific timeline and said he is not even ready to have gyms reopen as soon as next week, but that the guidelines could be out by that. Now we hope to put out in the very very near future and i say very near future because i dont want to say next week but but with in a week or so we believe will be in a position make public the in your sector. This comes a day after the governor announced the
08 00pm on kron 4 and on our kron on app which is free to download right if we do the kinds of things that were putting in place now identification isolation contact tracing. We can prevent this second wave that were talking about if we we correctly. We have passed a major more, but milestone in the coronavirus pandemic more than 350,000 people have now been killed by the virus worldwide this as the nations top Infectious Disease expert doctor Anthony Fauci sends out a warning and also deliver is a possible glimmer of hope about americas battle against covid19 nadia romero has the very latest. Were going to see upticks of cases even under the best of circumstances doctor fauci warning there will be a surge of coronavirus cases in the united states. Now that all 50 states are in their own phase of reopening despite this fall, she is striking an optimistic tone saying theres a good chance. The u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year and believes we can stop a second wave to have