Which could be a challenge for the president. He won wisconsin four years ago, but now hes bringing a message that the coronavirus pandemic is Getting Better when things in wisconsin are getting worse. Both president ial candidates land in wisconsin today, the state announced new restrictions this week to deal with an explosion of coronavirus cases. The New York Times reports half the nations cities with the highest covid rates are here. We can prevent the deaths of people in wisconsin by staying home. Reporter President Trump insists things are Getting Better. Its rounding the turn. Its rounding the turn. Reporter but yesterday 90,000 people tested positive, shattering the previous record of 80,000 just the day before. More than 9 million cases in the u. S. And more than 200,000 lives lost. Im not going to shut down the country. Im going to shut down the virus. Reporter joe biden criticized the president s crowded rally in florida. Spending more than just coronavirus, hes spreading di
The wait is over. Many businesses are finally allowed to reopen for Indoor Services. Including gyms and restaurants. Because of the county decision, this gym and dozens of others are closed. How that decision could put people out of business. The move to have Mental Health experts on hand. How several bay area cities plan to improve policing. Tracking heat, high winds and fire danger. Ill have your forecast coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a sobering and Unthinkable New coronavirus milestone. More than 200,000 people in the United States have now died because of the virus. Here in the bay area, there is some good news. The numbers are stabilizing. Thats allowed three more counties to join most of the region in loosening covid19 related restrictions. S tier to the red tier status on the states color coded blueprint for reopening. But the counties are taking very different approaches to re
The wait is over. Many businesses are finally allowed to reopen for Indoor Services. Including gyms and restaurants. Because of the county decision, this gym and dozens of others are closed. How that decision could put people out of business. The move to have Mental Health experts on hand. How several bay area cities plan to improve policing. Tracking heat, high winds and fire danger. Ill have your forecast coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a sobering and Unthinkable New coronavirus milestone. More than 200,000 people in the United States have now died because of the virus. Here in the bay area, there is some good news. The numbers are stabilizing. Thats allowed three more counties to join most of the region in loosening covid19 related restrictions. Today, these three counties eached a vamsed from the purple tier to the red tier status on the states color coded blueprint for reopening. B
Quick look at the weather. Good morning, liz. We have a lot of stratus out there, the low clouds as we look at live doppler 7. Youll notice up into the north bay weve got the fog. S also along the peninsula there and thats going to setup a pretty good sea breeze. 3 to 4 miles Half Moon Bay. The airport is reporting fog and hazy conditions in livermore. The worst air quality right now through 7 00 is up in the north bay. Going through 2 00 it lifts further north, so were looking at slightly better air quality, we get into that afternoon sea breeze and those winds continue to push the smoke up into the north bay throughout the afternoon, the overnight hours. And your sunday is going to feature some warmer air and some lighter winds. Still with a spare the air alert both days. Weve got the unhealthy air along the Central Coast and bay today and our had inland east bay as well as tomorrow. 60s and weve got 70s and 80s arriving by 1 00. Inland well make it to about 90. Pretty good weather f
Worried. A lot of mixed messages here. Our economy is reopening. Summer vacation is here. And testing is becoming more widespread. But the numbers dont lie. The biggest singleday spike since the pandemic started. Take a look. Santa clara county reporting 122 new cases in a 24hour period. Hospitalizations are also spiking, and Health Officers are concerned. Nbc bay areas ian cull has the new details. Reporter tonight the number of new cases reported in the south bay was 122, the largest singleday jump since the pandemic began, an increase the county Health Officer feared but anticipated as she told supervisors in a phone cull today. Recently were seeing worrisome signs that this increase may be accelerating. Reporter dr. Sara cody says the rise is likely due to three things. More is reopening. More people are going outside. And theres an increase in testing. The county is trying to perform around 4,000 tests daily, helped by the sap testing site opening today from 1 00 to 7 00 threw fri