Now theyre saying goodbye to one of their own. The nurses here say that ponders death could have been avoided. They were given the proper ppe for dozens of these nurses at Summit Medical center in oakland janine paste a punter was more than just a coworker i mention i stay ponder was devoted to her patients here at Summit Medical center for more than 25 years. But unfortunately she wont be returning to work. Family and coworkers say she died on friday after contracting the coronavirus from the hospital which they blame for its lack of proper ppe is very sad. This in need to happen. We if the hospital the Medical Center here had provided the proper ppe that the mass the council we were at went through a period of reusing masking gallons even now some of the floors nurses have trouble getting there n 95, which is the maximum protection fellow nurses at some of the Medical Center held a vigil on tuesday to honor pastry ponder. In demand proper protection of its employees angry because the
Reaches the alaska peninsula. It actually the shaking went week to very weak. So thats the good news. Were looking for minor damage if any. According to the usgs since 1900 theyve actually been 6 other earthquakes of a magnitude 7 point oh or higher within about a 155 miles of last nights earthquake. The largest was an 8. 2 back in 1938. But luckily, we havent heard any reports yet of any damage or injury were not expecting to hear too much. But again well keep you updated as more information comes in we will let you know. Take a look at the latest with the coronavirus the cdc is sounding the alarm that the number of cases in the u. S. Might be much more than we know about lets take a look at the rise in cases over the past week versus the previous week and you can see california has improved slightly were seeing only a steady rise in cases versus a spike across the country there are now more than a 142,000 people have died of the raw virus and 3. 9 million. Positive tess meantime Pres
Johns Hopkins University data shows california has about 1200 more cases now the new york. However, new yorks 72,000 deaths are by far the highest total in the country. And 9 times more than people who have died in california. Today theres a new covid testing site opened in alameda and you get the results in 15 minutes kron fours reyna harvey is live at the testing site with the details good morning lena. Good morning. Daryn other lot of things i can think of that you can do in 15 minutes and now you can get a coronavirus tests. Right behind me this line that you see this is for people who are arriving at the location who do not have an appointment and its not as are like let me correct myself this is the line of people who have an appointment so you can see the line is not that long right next to that line is the line for people who do not have an appointment and it is significantly longer now they just started doing the testing. A few minutes ago actually at 9 oclock that is when the
Have a map that shows you where the rise in cases are compared to the week prior and you can see by the color coding that actually california has slightly improved. Somewhat since the last time this map was published were seeing only just a steady rise in cases as it as opposed to that end a 50 jump like weve seen in weeks past across the country. We have now more than a 142,000 recorded deaths with more than 3. 9 million infections. In the wake of the rising numbers and the dropping poll numbers for the president he appears to be changing his tune on coronavirus he had a briefing his first briefing with the coronavirus said debt just resume, you know yesterday and he urged everybody to wear masks. And even went as far as admitting that things will likely get worse the president says before they get better. And now the cdc is reporting the number of infected americans could be. 2 to 24 times greater than the actual reported case numbers. Think about 40 of these infections. Are without
The governors update comes a day after he ordered bars and 7 counties to close and urged another 8 counties to consider doing the same. And we will be in Constant Contact with our county partners to understand how this might impact what theyre seeing and experiencing in their communities and how this plays out in their data. The states latest action comes as coronavirus cases increased here in the state by 45 over the last week with the Positivity Rate that continues to creep upward now at 5. 9 . California also continues to see increases in icu patients and hospitalizations. It is because of those rising numbers that Health Officials across different counties are scaling back their reopening plans. Alameda county isnt reversing any but county officials are pressing the pause button on entering the next phase kron fours alsothe ammonium is live in our newsroom with that decision l a a lot of moving parts here definitely grand Alameda County has seen the highest number of confirmed infe