Reporter Santa Clara County and Alameda County had similar totals but the south bay with 280 new cases and 2 deaths. We are seeing significant challenges. We had an increase of the number of people coming up and testing positive and also had an increase of younger people getting sicker. Reporter Governor Newsom said hes extending the moratorium pass the deadline and chavez said santa clara will follow suit, which is good news for renters, except its being done because the covid situation is getting worse. Robert handia, nbc bay area news. As cases continue to grow, ite who test positive. The average right now over a twoweek period, 7. 4 . The governor said if that gets above 8 , its extremely alarming. If we look at several counties, several are above that. L. A. County, 7. 5 , San Bernardino county, 11. 5 . Compare that with the bay area. Our positive rates are lower. Santa clara at 4 now. San mateo and alameda both hovering around 5 . San francisco with the lowest on this map at 3 .
Stubborn clouds, once again. 72 to 77 and the breezes are already kicking in and it may feel cooler than that if youre in the shade. A degree or two cooler than yesterday and temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Enjoy a wonderful evening. Heres reggie with more news. Mike, thank you. Now you see it, now you dont. The governor cracks down because of a surge in covid19 cases. Youll see this pattern throughout this newscast and well start with Contra Costa County where one particular business is being hit hard. Amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek this morning. Amy . Youre right, reggie. The big impact here from the governors announcement is hair salons. A lot of the businesses that the governor Just Announced he is shutting down hadnt yet reopened here in Contra Costa County. But hair salons had and many think they should be allowed to stay open. Many salons like this one in concord, the mane event has done a lot of work, separators between the chairs, thermometers, hand sanitizers
With new procedures in place 77 and the city, 66. When they do. Capacity will be limited to drinking, rather than going to positive for the virus. Sonoma county officials are restaurants or bars, and that today, 66. Working on a new place to about one third of the zoos type of demand is leading to a usual daily attendance. Ruyour dollars and cents, back what is the average . Quarantine people who come down 66. With mild symptoms of covid19. Over to mike. Some of those people have been coming 48, the record low back in staying at the dorms at sonoma 1919. Sunrise now, 6 02. State university, but the tickets will have to be college wants to start bringing purchased online in advance, back. Baseball kicks off the students back onto campus next and everyone over the age of 3 will have to wear a mask or you will be going very far, with month. County leaders say they are now face covering. We are unsure if people will be shortened season starting next week. Able to use the gondola to nascar
Zoos. Museum. Card rooms. Again,s thats indoor closure, but all bars, statewide, must shut down. The rules are even stricter for the 31 counties on the states watch list. In the bay area and valley, that includes contra costa, marin, mersed, monterey, napa, solano, sonoma and stens law. Alameda county and other counties will likely be on this list soon. So these counties must also cease indoor operations for Fitness Centers and gyms. Places of worship. Offices for noncritical sectors. Person care services, hair salon, barbershops and malls. So joining me to break this town down, dr. Peter hong. Doctor, hope you had a good weekend, but the numbers to start the weerks not good. Youve been tracking the data of course, clearly, something is deeply disturb iing to the governor. Where are they right now. I think we have the enviable position of you know, coming out to the arizona, texas and there has and i think what the governor want to do is nip it in the bud. The most concerning things in
Garrett good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im Major Garrett. Were going to begin with breaking news. A stunning surge in coronavirus cases across much of our country that is forcing states to close bars, beaches and businesses, reimposing restrictions just days before the july 4th holiday. Tonight, the number of new infections nationwide is nearly double what it was just two weeks ago. In some states, the increases are even more dramatic. Texas is now reporting 8,000 new cases in 24 hours, a new record. And in what feels like a nightmarish flashback to the early days of this pandemic, overflowing Emergency Rooms in houston are sending patients to other cities. Tonight, californias governor says cases are spiking so quickly there, he is shutting down most businesses he only recently allowed to reopen. And the fast food giant mcdonalds says it is scrapping plans to serve food inside most of its restaurants for at least the next three weeks. Nationwide