World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen
The milder temperatures this afternoon. Waking up in the low 40s and mostly cloudy and the sunshine already by noon will hang in the upper 50s at the coast today while we hit the low to mid 60s for our bay and inland neighborhoods and near 70 at 4 00 and still a very comfortable evening with mid 60s at 7 00. Reggie . Thanks, mike. Now that warning from at least one San Francisco official that we could see more citations for physical distancing or i should say the lack there of. Lets go live to the embarcadero where Amy Hollyfield has more on that. They have the signs here, but that wasnt enough this weekend. The embarcadero was one of a few places in the city where there were a lot of people gathering and police say they may have to start cracking down. So people are not doing the social tistancing that they would like to see. Heres a scelook at the scene f yesterday. The marina green was also a popular spot and this is happening with a shelterathome order in place. They have have cite
Early today starts right now good morning on this wednesday. Im cori coffin. And im frances rivera. An epidemic with no end in sight. The coronavirus reaches a grim milestone as the american death toll hits the triple digits. Heres what you need to know at this hour. As the deadly outbreak evolves, u. S. Officials are boosting measures to combat coronavirus in new york city the shutdown threatens to go further. Mayor bill de blasio urging new yorkers to prepare for a shelter in place order a decision will be made within the next day or so as hospitals become strained by a surge of patients the pentagon announced it is getting 5 million respirator masks and also 2,000 ventilators to the department of health and Human Services secretary of defense mark esper said 1 Million Masks would be available immediately. And one South Carolina School District is putting meals on wheels the anderson School District is delivering breakfast and lunch to thousands of students the bus driver miss patric
Hour until noon to keep you updated. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. President trump made some big announcements this morning. The News Conference wrapped launched project baseline. Up a short time ago. One site is now open at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. We brought it to you live with a no walkups allowed, people can special report. Only qualify through an online the president speaking to people screening. So far verily has done 400 who are home from work in recent tests. With more tsa officers days from the pandemic. Testing positive for coronavirus and more now quarantined, the the president is marshaling the union is calling for more protections. The agency says its already private sector when it comes to following federal osha and cdc Coronavirus Response and announced plans for two Navy Hospital ships to Service Guidance for protective gear. You may remember three tsa infected patients. Thats right big white ships officers at San Jose International airport were the
Hydroxy chloraquin. It is used to fight malaria. He says it could hold a great promise and could be a game changer. The nice part of it is its been around for a long time so we know if things dont go as planned, its not going to kill anybody. When you go with a brandnew drug. Its a powerful drug in different forms and its shown very encouraging, very, very encouraging early results. Now, its important to know the fda says while the drug is approved to treat malaria, it is not aproed to treat coronavirus yet. And it still needs to undergo clinical trials. Back here in the bay area, some nurses are saying they dont have enough of the personal protective gear they need to serve patients and their hospitals not doing enough to change that nbc bay area Chris Sanchez is joining us live with what the nurses want sand the response from the hospital. Kri kris. Well, hi there, marcus. Reporter they are saying they have to ask for personal masks. They are getingng simple surgic masks and asked to