Epidemiologist. I will keep my remarks brief this morning. When we began reopening nearly a month ago, i was clear that covid19 cases, our count would rise. Unfortunate, we are seeing that happen in several parts of the state, in rural and urban oregon. As i said before, reopening comes with real risk, and thats why we are carefully monitoring the ability of the Public Health system to respond to covid19 cases without becoming overwhelmed. The noticeable increase in covid19 infections in oregon the past week is certainly cause for concern. To slow the transmission of the virus, i am putting all pending county reopening applications on hold for seven days. This is essentially a statewide yellow light. This oneweek pause will give Public Health experts time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and determine if we need to adjust our approach to reopening. I will continue to work with doctors and Public Health experts to assess whether to lift the pause, extend the pa
Everyone and thank you for joining us today. I want to acknowledge that we typically have simultaneous spanish interpretation for us during our press conferences. We were not able to secure services this morning but we will provide translation online. Allen,e with pat director of the Oregon Health authority and our state epidemiologist. I will keep my remarks brief this morning. When we began reopening nearly a month ago, i was clear that covid19 cases, our count would rise. Unfortunate, we are seeing that happen in several parts of the state, in rural and urban oregon. As i said before, reopening comes with real risk, and thats why we are carefully monitoring the ability of the Public Health system to respond to covid19 cases without becoming overwhelmed. The noticeable increase in covid19 infections in oregon the past week is certainly cause for concern. To slow the transmission of the virus, i am putting all pending county reopening applications on hold for seven days. This is essen
8th state to reach the 1000 mark following new york, new jersey michigan, louisiana, massachusetts, illinois and connecticut, 29,198 people are infected in the United States more than 37,000 deaths with close to 702,000 cases and across the globe more than 154,000 people have lost their lives and more than 2 Million People have the virus here in the bay area there are more than 6,000 cases and a 196 reported deaths and are you stream you can see how the numbers break down county by county Santa Clara County still leads the bay area with 73 deaths. And more than 1800 cases. Alameda county has 40 deaths 28 deaths in San Mateo County 20 in San Francisco. Back to our top story tonight, a daly city fathers out of the hospital after battling covid19 for almost a month. His Community Came together today to celebrate his victory. Kron fours dan thorn was there for the event. Showered with applause ken lewis taking in the fresh air while taking his first steps out of the hospital. Its the end o
We are working on things that are very interesting and very positive. I thank them for being on the call. Yesterday we unveiled detailed guidelines for governors to initiate a safe, gradual reopening of america. The guidelines provide governors with the factdriven and sciencebased metrics they need to make decisions that are right for their own particular state. To view the guidelines you can go to the website at whitehouse. Gov openingamerica. The treasury sent out Economic Relief payments to more than 80 million americans who have direct deposit information on file with the irs. An incredible success it has been. If you have not received your check please visit irs. Gov, get my payment. That way the irs can get you your payment within days. They have done a fantastic job. You will not have to wait for a check in the mail. I have good news. We sent out 80 million deposits. Less than 1 had even little problems. A couple had minor glitches, but substantially less than 1 . Out of 80 mill
Bay area take a look at your screen there are more than 6,000 cases and a 196 steps you can see those numbers broken down for your county by county check out Santa Clara County staffs at 73 and more than 1800 cases you can also see that these numbers are on our website kron 4 dot com. So if you want to look at your specific county just check it out on our website. Now lets get to our top stories this saturday morning as people are now required to wear a mask of some form or a facial covering in most bay area counties. 6 counties are now requiring everyone wear a covering of some sort when theyre outside they are San Francisco, san Mateo Alameda contra costa marin and sonoma counties. Santa clara county also urging residents to wear a mask, but at this point thats not an order. Now heres why its so important to wear a face mask in public take a look at this laser light experiment shows how droplets from coughing sneezing and talking can spread the virus on the left you see the droplets