New at 6 00, abc7 news iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow takes a look at whether the bay area has enough hospital beds to handle an expected patient surge. Reporter covid19 is testing and stretching californias Health Care System to its limits. An abc7 news iteam analysis found if 1. 2 of the bay area population has covid19 at one time, and 15 of those people are hospitalized, local hospitals could run out of beds. According to state data, the bay area has less thantwo hospital beds per 1,000 people. San mateo, sonoma and contra costa counties have even less, just 1. 4 beds per 1,000 people. Compare that to italy, a country that has more than three beds per 1,000 people and still whose hospitals were overrun when Coronavirus Infection rates reached their peak. The numbers alone do not paint a positive picture, but californias Hospital Association president and c. E. O. Carmella coyle is urging people to look past the numbers and trust californias Health Care System will flex based on nee
Than 23 Million People will be infected over an eightweek period. The total of cases in california has risen to 675 with 16 deaths. Napa county joins the bay area shelter order. Just a few hours from now. Also today, we learned a san jose reserve Police Officer has the virus. He is one of santa clara countys 189 reported cases. 14 new ones were reported just today. And big news from bart. The Transit Agency is reducing Service Hours because of a huge drop in ridership. Starting monday, Weekday Service will be from 5 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. Beginning next saturday, Weekend Service will be reduced from 8 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. More long lines of cars as people wait to get tested for the coronavirus at the San Mateo Event Center. Abc7 News Reporter kris reyes is on the peninsula with more on day four of this pilot project. Kris . Good evening. Well, you can see the testing site right over my shoulder. Right there where the white tents are. But we wanted to give you this Vantage Point to sh
Upper 50s. Well get one completely dry day in this weekend before more rain is on the way. Reggie . All right, thank you so much. Governor newsom made an extraordinary move last night when he told all beds for coronavirus hospitals. Jobina has more on that. Californias fight against the coronavirus is keeping Seton Medical Center in daly city open. The hospital recently made headlines about its imminent closure but now Governor Newsom says it will undergo a multimillion dollar project to get ready for patients. 177 hospital beds will be designated, excuse me, for covid19 patients at seton. The state is also planning to transform dorms to house patients. The governor is asking the federal government to ready field hospitals and bring a Navy Hospital ship to los angeles. If nothing number of californians sickened would overwhelm our health care system. An attack rate of about 56 . That the virus will impact about 56 of us. You do the math in the state of california, thats a particularly
As we know, theyre saying that 95 of the fire are started by people. Yeah, this was started by a trash truck. I dont know if thats true. I heard something about trash and burning trash as well. The la Fire Department said that. Yeah. Take a look at the stuff of heading down there. This is the porter ranch area and dave is familiar with it. Theres a high wind and flag warning out. And thats for everybody and then going three miles and then going 25. Thats stronger than that and for us, we have everything dropping. Were not out of it yet. Thats out of the red flag until 10 oclock in the morning the humidity is up in the surface. We have not done that yet and then thats a whopper of system. Its 30s to 0s on the temperatures mostly sunny today and not as breezy and upper 70s to low 80s. It doesnt sound like a bi fire but of course these days anything is taken very cyst seriously with trees on fire on i80. San pablo dam road. Her response was big but not a big deal. Well keep an eye on it i
The santa ana winds have kicked in, theres a frost advisory also in Mendocino County with temperatures in the 30s, we have our fair share as well, humidity, santa rosa 70 , 5 , 70 for Mountain View and much better there at the offshore direction still in place, not strong but it is there, the south when fairfield north at nine and also davis a northerly breeze not as strong as yesterday, at blackhawk in the Oakland Hills the northeast breeze and the humidity just about 20 . Still a tough breeze, not that strong but it is there. 30s and 50s, and incredible spread on temperatures, 40s 50s, low 40s for some, upper 30s, 37 yesterday at lafayette, 50s this morning for our observat what about now were also looking at some of the other bridges happy friday to. Looks pretty good here, deliberate slowing nothing of the ordinary getting onto san rafael a 22 minute drive from the macarthur bridge better than what the bay bridge a 10 15 way. Nothing out of the ordinary clearing a crash on the san