San francisco is losing its battle against covid19. Her current case place us on a trajectory to be in the purple tier, potentially as early as sunday. During an online briefing friday, San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax said cases of covid19 of nearly quadrupled in over a month from 217 new cases the week of october 12th to 768 new cases this week if our numbers continue to go up at this rate some we could conceivably hundreds of in the hospital. By late december early january according to our model range a purple designation will lead San Francisco to the governors 10 00pm to 05 00am curfew bad news for struggling Restaurant Owners and their employees because that means not accepting reservations after 08 30pm. This will further. Because cash losses people will be trying to decide can we stay open do we close more moving to the purple tier will also mean the closure of indoor museums, Fitness Centers houses of worship. Movie theaters and Outdoor Entertainment centers,
Capacity in three weeks. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. A lot to get to tonight. Officials say the Hospital Capacity could be maxed out in a matter of weeks. Tonight an urgent call to action ahead of thanksgiving. Cancel your holiday plans. Dont travel. Over the past week, covid19 hospitalizations in the Santa Clara County have gone up by 50 . Health Officials Say at this rate, hospitals county wide could exceed capacity in just three weeks. Other if youre going to have people from outside your household, limit to it two other households, wear just Face Covering and keep your distance. Today 407 new cases were reported county wide. The highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. The county is in talks with hospitals. Theyve also stocked up on ppe. Were talking about surge planning, what contingency plans are with hos, bringing in staffing from outside entities, bringing in their own staffing from noncritical are areas. To inpatient care. Reporter with demand for test
San Francisco Police said they responded to a physical fight between several men on market between fourth and fifth streets at 5 09 tuesday evening. It happened in front of the timberland store and walgreens. One of them and had a nice. We know that the male suspect was brandishing a knife. As to the steps and the time frames of what occurred here, they are all under investigation. Reporter police said the man was struck by gunfire, but did not say how many officers fired their guns. They also say an officer fired a beanbag shotgun and a sheriffs deputy used a taser. Police are not saying in what order the weapons were deployed. The man was taken to San Francisco general hospital. We are reviewing cameras, eyewitness statements, as well as any Video Surveillance that caught the incident. Reporter a hospital spokesman tells me the man is in critical condition. San Francisco Police, the District Attorneys Office and the department of political ability are investigating this fully shootin
Thanks for that you know traffic is looking great out there, but you can see the bay bridge. A lot of backup there the maze to fremont street 13 minutes and you see traffic starting to build here in the Richmond Bridge traffic steadily moving along near the tulsa the one o one about 11 minutes. For your drive so make sure now is the time you want to give yourself more time to get out on the roads because were no longer in the green everybodys out there trying to get to work, san mateo bridge 92 you can to one o one a 17 minute drive for you can see everyone kind of stepping on those lights there you see the brake people making their way across but its going to definitely be a drive and thankfully, no accidents to tell you about no hot spots to get to but lets get a check at our drive times for you filling a out to conquer 21 minutes of steadily increasing there but take danville 40 minutes, san leandro to milpitas 27, san jose youre at a 35 plus drive the air and one more look out at t
Reporter there are no shortage of test kits, but higher demand means longer lines and possibly delays in getting results, almost 180,000 people in the state took the test yesterday, and alameda county, that number was about 5500 people. The first guy today said he had his car parked there since 3 30 pm this morning 3 30 am. Reporter in pleasanton, they only have 200 test kits each day. We already had 200 people in line by 9 30 am, today we were turning people away by 8 30 am because there were already 200 people in line. Reporter Health Officials have offered competing messages about weather people should get tested. People who must test, we want them to continue to have access, essential workers and people who have been exposed. We are asking people who want to test, because perhaps they want to test before traveling, to please not, simply postpone your travel. Reporter they warned that a negative pretravel test doesnt guarantee that you wont spread the virus. She will get another tes