Today america reported a record high 136,000 new cases. Its the seventh consecutive day with 100,000 coronavirus cases nationwide and now, every state in the country is reporting an increasing number. Texas just became the first state with 1 million cases. In california, not far behind and at our current rate, well reach 1 million cases by the weekend. Bay area counties range from the best to the worst among the color coded coronavirus restriction tiers. San francisco is the only in the best category, yellow but preemptively going to shut down indoorining friday night as a precaution. Yesterday contra costa and santa cruz moved backwards from orange to red. A spike in new cases in napa county has Health Officials worried and for very good reason. Those numbers are rapidly moving in the wrong direction and could send napa county from the orange tier to the state most restrictive purple tier if things dont turn around. Cornell bernard found many people are suffering from coronavirus fati
Bernard shows us many may be suffering from covid messaging fatigue. Inside or outside . In. Reporter there is a busy lunch crowd at the tavern in downtown napa. This longtime eatery has went with the punches and restrictions brought on by covid. Gm john crane says finally, his customers are coming back. We just had our best week. Our best covid week so far ended on sunday. Reporter but that could change. Instead of going in the right direction, new covid cases county wide are spiking. Going backwards at an alarming rate. We saw our case rate more than double over the weekend with 118 new cases in 72 hours. We also saw our hospitalizations double. We now stand at 12. Reporter thats the highest weekend total ever. The spike could send napa county back two steps to purple as soon as next week. The states most restrictive tier. Purple tier would be a temporary closure until things got better. Reporter thats not good. Not good. Reporter it would mean no outdoor dining. They only have four
Singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. How are you doing . Schedule a video visit with your doctor. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. What could happen if two vaccines are available at the same time . A challenging veterans day for vets living at this location who say pandemic rules are too strict. The city of las vegas wants bay area pet workers to relocate, the campaign capitalizing on covid19 and the cost of living in california. Showers are on the way. Ill show you how much and how long coming up. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. You hope its equally effective because it doubles the number of doss available so we can immunize people. A double dose in potentially good news on the race to find a vaccine. Word tonight moderna will announce its results very soon. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson joins us in the news room with why Bay Area Health experts are optimistics. Pfizers early test results are a home run. The news tha
We can do this. After the year we just had, what if less gives us more . Time with loved ones. Or simply a chance to kick back and relax, recharge, and refill. What could happen if two vaccines are available at the same time . A challenging veterans day for vets living at this location who say pandemic rules are too strict. The city of las vegas wants bay area pet workers to relocate, the campaign capitalizing on covid19 and the cost of living in california. Showers are on the way. Ill show you how much and how long coming up. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. You hope its equally effective because it doubles the number of doss available so we can immunize people. A double dose in potentially good news on the race to find a vaccine. Word tonight moderna will announce its results very soon. Abc 7 News Reporter kate larson joins us in the news room with why Bay Area Health experts are optimistics. Pfizers early test results are a home run. The n
56 in lake port. Our cool spots. Everybody else 56 in San Francisco, fairfield at 66 degrees. A much brighter day and warmer after such a chilly start. Lets get back to reggie for the news. Could the u. S. Be headed to a National Lockdown . Depends on who you ask. This morning jobina fortson is hearing the answer from dr. Fauci. Thank you. As the u. S. Faces a massive surge in cases, dr. Anthony fauci says americans need to wear masks and continue social distancing to avoid another lockdown. He was talking to Robin Roberts this morning. The idea of a four to sixweek nationwide lockdown has been floated to control the spread of the virus. The idea includes slotting down businesses and paying people for lost wages, but dr. Fauci says it is not likely to happen. Dr. Fauci says vaccines will start being distributed in december and will become more widely available to the public in the spring and early summer. He also stresses the importance of continuing to do things like Outdoor Activitie