Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
Most restrictive teier. Thats purple. Kiviran contracosta and solano counties San Francisco had been in the least restrictive yellow tier. Now its in the red, the second to the worst. Marin and san mateo moved from orange to red. Take a look at this map. All of the bay area is classified in red or purple with either substantial our widespread coronavirus activity. This troubling trend is happening statewide. 94 of californians live in the most restrictive purple tier. Were tracking them all with this interactive map on our website, abc7news. Com. And abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz is here with the latest on the changes across the state, including an apology, liz, from the governor. Reporter thats right, dan. There was a lot of news at this briefing today. We did get that apology from the governor for attending that dinner at french laughtonery. Every bay area county but one moved into a more restrictive tier. The only one that didnt is Sonoma County and thats because its already in the m
Than 984,000 cases in total. We could see a million by this week. And 24 hours after San Franciscos mayor announced a 250 increase in cases since early october, we are getting an idea of what might be a key factor. Tonight the abc 7 iteam reveals 11 bars have been forced to shut down for repeatedly violating the Public Health order. Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is live tonight with more. Steph, we understand some of these bars have since reopened and appear to be violating the same rules. Reporter yes, dan. All 11 have passed the Health Departments reinspection and were able to reopen. Yet a mere week after, complaints of the same problems are happening again. Its a res mooe for rapid spread, and its happening all over San Francisco. Big crowds, no masks, and no social distancing. More than 400 violations were cited to businesses across the city since march. The hot spots include these 11 bars and nightclubs pegged by the Health Department for repeatedly violating the hea
Governor today. Liz . Reporter hi, larry and kristen. Yes, there was a lot of news at this briefing today. We did get an apology from the governor for attending that dinner party at french laundry. The only one that didnt is sonoma county. Thats because its already in the most restrictive one. With just over a week until thanksgiving, not great news from governor nufz. Covid19 cases in california have doubled in just the last ten days and on sunday the state reported over 10,000 cases for the First Time Since august. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter because of that newsom says the state is pulling the emergency brake. Today he announced 40 counties are moving backwards into a more restrictive tier. In the bay area, all counties are now in either red or purple. The most restrictive. Every age group, every demographic, racial, ethnic, in every part of the state we are seeing case rates increase and Positivity Rates inc
Today america reported a record high 136,000 new cases. Its the seventh consecutive day with 100,000 coronavirus cases nationwide and now, every state in the country is reporting an increasing number. Texas just became the first state with 1 million cases. In california, not far behind and at our current rate, well reach 1 million cases by the weekend. Bay area counties range from the best to the worst among the color coded coronavirus restriction tiers. San francisco is the only in the best category, yellow but preemptively going to shut down indoorining friday night as a precaution. Yesterday contra costa and santa cruz moved backwards from orange to red. A spike in new cases in napa county has Health Officials worried and for very good reason. Those numbers are rapidly moving in the wrong direction and could send napa county from the orange tier to the state most restrictive purple tier if things dont turn around. Cornell bernard found many people are suffering from coronavirus fati