Governor newsom two weeks ago today we laid out a road map for reopening the california economy in a phased, thoughtful approach. We put forth six indicater to indicate dwrors drive our Decision Making. Politics wont drive our Decision Making prork tests wont drive our Decision Making, political pressure wont drive our Decision Making. The science, the data, Public Health will drive our Decision Making. We set forth a week ago a deep dive on one familiar indicater around testing and tracing, track, issues of isolation and quarantine. Today i want to update you on another indicater specific to businesses, schools and child care facilities. First i want to remind all of you what the six indicaters are. Mentioned testing as one of the principal indicaters, we have made progress in that space. Not nearly where we want to go and need to be but Real Progress we are now see in the space. 578,000 tests have been conducted in the state of california. We averaging over 20,000 tests a day. And we
Up. I dont begrudge the governor for keeping california same. And the reason for all of this is this. Earlier this week the governor called out beach goers in orange and ventura counting calling them an example of what not to do if the state wants to continue its progress of fighting the virus. His decision is drawing fire from governments up and down the state that want to see us letting up on restrictions and not adding new ones. We will hear from them later but lets hear from the governor. Here he is. To the stay at home order. We have been working with our local partners throughout the state of california, local Health Directors, local elected officials but also local sector leaders. What i mean by that is we start to consider these changes over the next few weeks as it relates to expanding the definition of essential, beginning to expand the opportunities for more retail in the state of california, more manufacturing of nonessential goods, consider the opportunity to open up space
Another indicator specific to , businesses, schools and child care facilities. First i want to remind all of you what the six indicaters are. Mentioned testing as one of the principal indicators. We have made progress in that space. Not nearly where we want to go and need to be but Real Progress we are now see in the space. 578,000 tests have been conducted in the state of california. We are averaging over 20,000 tests a day. And we are well on our way to meeting our 25,000 testing goal and getting to 60,000 to 80,000 very shortly thereafter. I mentioned just yesterday optum serve that was doing the endtoend tests, deployed at 80 additional locations, primarily focused on Rural California. I can announce we are putting those tests in Sutter County and Shasta County as specific points of the movement in that space. All of those testing sites will be up and operational by monday. Verily also focusing on expanding their testing on a with a socioeconomic lens to Diverse Communities not onl
Happened over the weekend. Tehama, and yuba. The officials there said they have reported just 69 cases total of covid19 and 50 of thousands of people spurred on by sun and warm weather are those have recovered. The counties combined have a flocking to area beaches and total of 500,000 residents. Parks and disregarding existing shelter in place orders. I would not say im tired of so far the governor has refused it, it is frustrating. To lift any stayathome orders but i understand that it is anywhere here in california. Kind of necessary. But as the governor reports progress being made in terms of flattening the coronavirus curve here in our state, these are the latest figures from the last 24 hours. Reporter from the north bay he says 45 people lost their to santa cruz and points in between, it is a new rebellion as traffic chokes roadways and side streets in an attempt to lives to the virus. Last wednesday we saw the get out and get away. States worst day for death at i think that peop
And i am claudine wong. It is great to have you with us today. It looks a little gray outside. Lets bring in russ my with a look at how the day is going to shape up. Good morning happy saturday. We are working up a cloudy skies. The temperatures will continue to cool getting into the weekend. Theres a mix of low clouds and patchy fog. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s for most is when you get into the afternoon. We will drop off by several degrees especially for the inland cities. Some spots in the low 80s today. Low 70s for most and mid 70s out there along the coastline. I do expect low 60s out there as well. Details on the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon coming up in just a bit. Coronavirus cases in california to continue to rise lets take a look at those numbers for you. There are now more than 52,000 confirmed cases across the state. The death toll is now over 21,000 people. That is 63 more deaths since friday. 655 have been tested for the virus. Yesterday cal