Almost a 109,000 every day covid related deaths are up 18 over the same time span averaging 939 per day over the last 2 weeks. The virus has killed more than 237,000 americans. To the south bay now officials are warning of a possible return to tighter Health Orders in the wake of the surge in new covid19 cases. Santa clara countys Public Health officer and other officials calling on the community to stay on guard against the virus. 358 new covid19 cases reported yesterday. It is the most since the middle of july. Theres also been a sharp increase in hospitalizations to more than a 100. The newest infections are mostly in people between the ages of 1834 years old the county is stepping up enforcement of the health order and so far 79 businesses have received notices for noncompliance amid more than 1000 complaints state leaders are already gearing up to work with the president and Vice President elect joe biden and kamala harris. Although President Trump has yet to concede in the presid
Ceremony is taking place at oracle park for jason cortez. Earlier, there was a solemn procession with jason cortezs casket carried on the back of a fire engine. He was a 13 year veteran of the San Francisco fire department. He fell 3 stories at a training facility. He was a husband and father of three Young Children and the son of a retired San Francisco firefighter. In jackson, grayson, nobody can ever be your dad. Your dad loves you and nobody can ever take that away. You loved you to the moon and back and now he loves you to the heavens and back. There will be a session following the ceremony from oracle park to holy cross the ceremony. That is where a private family burial will take place. It is an it the week for another high fire danger. A red flag warning is in effect. We have morning on we have more on this impact for residents. Northern california has already seen several devastating wildfires since august. This time of the year is the heart of wildfire season. The hope is to
Breaking news. Deadly terror attack in france. What we know this morning. Covid breaking point. 500,000 new cases in the u. S. In just one week. Medical professionals pushed to their limits. In utah, doctors saying the situation is unsustainable. El paso hospitals resorting to tents to treat the dramatic influx of patients. Dr. Faucis dire warning about the critical next few months, as covid fatigue sweeps the nation. One new york wedding putting nearly 300 people in quarantine and leaving more than 50 people infected. Now covid cases skyrocketing in europe. France and germany returning to national lockdowns. What this could mean for the u. S. Top expert dr. Jha joins us live this morning. Also this morning, dodgers star Justin Turner under fire in the wake of that world series celebration. After his covid test came back positive during the game, the league now saying he emphatically refused to comply when baseball security tried to get him to leave the field. The investigation under w
Before he died and were waiting now for a live update from officials so we can get some more information on exactly how he died because officials are not saying how he was injured. But they are remembering him as a beloved veteran of the department. This very trying time as jason was well liked department. And they fought their about it. Starting in 2007 working mostly its a supporting recently attending the fire academy. Graduating as a firefighter paramedic. Assigned to the busiest station in america station number 3. And that every one of san cortez leaves behind a wife and 2 children firefighters are expected to hold a procession later this afternoon from the hospital to the San Francisco medical Examiners Office and theyll be doing that in his honor with a large gathering. This is a developing story were working to get more details and kron fours teresa stasio is following it for us. Shell have the latest information later tonight on kron 4 news at 5 in the meantime you can always
Spare the air day once again. Lets look at our temperatures. Mid 60s through half moon bay, San Francisco and fremont. Upper 60s to near 70 for the rest of the bay. Low to mid 70s inland today. Now, a better chance of measurable drizzle tonight. Well show you that coming up. Lets get back to kumasi for the news. Thank you. This is one of the top stories right now on abc7news. Com. This man caught on camera robbing a woman as she was pushing a baby stroller in the middle of the day in sunnyvale. Abc7 News Reporter Julian Glover is live with what neighbors think about all this. Reporter good morning. It does not get much worse than this. Were hearing women in the sunnyvale neighborhood are telling each other to not wear expensive and pricey and nice jewelry when theyre out in public after seeing this awful incident caught on camera. It happened in the birdland neighborhood midday wednesday. Two women here walking. One in this pink jacket has a stroller. A man pretends to trip, the women