Now at 9 as most of the bay area transitions into phase 2 of reopening the number of covid19 related fatalities in the nation has now surpassed 90,000 raising concerns about a second wave. Good evening, everybody, im paying more and im ken wayne, the first known us coronavirus related fatality was back on february 6th. Since then 10s of thousands of americans have died and tonight there are more than 1. 5 million cases in the United States this as state after state relaxes a social distance, the rules and restrictions today experts say only 18 say showed a downward trend of new cases last february it was im sorry last friday it was 28 states. It is not clear if the increase in cases is because of more testing whether the virus is just spreading more now that so many places are back open. Heres a look at the numbers globally there is close to 5 there are close to 5 million cases more than 318,000 deaths in california more than 81,000 cases more than 3,000 deaths in the bay area more tha
Kron fours dan thorn talk to a local doctor about what that could mean for the next 3 months. Its a grim milestone in the covid19 pandemic 90,000 us deaths over the course of a few months since the outbreak began. Many people are anxious to get back to a normal life, but the numbers tell us the virus is still a big problem its its a big number its not that. Well. And rich. Doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says as businesses reopen and more people get out they need to keep in mind how easily covid19 can spread he contributes some of the numbers going down to shelterinplace orders which changed our behavior, however, the doctor says that does not mean we should rush back to the way things were. I was just just right very rapidly and very easily. If we were to go back like the storm like this we knew before models are projected covid19 deaths have fluctuated over the last few months the latest numbers from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation show by august more
But the numbers tell us the virus is still a big problem its its a big number its not that. Well. And which. Doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says as businesses reopen and more people get out they need to keep in mind how easily covid19 can spread he contributes some of the numbers going down to shelterinplace orders which changed our behavior, however, the doctor says that does not mean we should rush back to the way things were. I was still spread very rapidly and very easily. If we were to go back like the storm like this we knew it before. Models are projected covid19 deaths have fluctuated over the last few months the latest numbers from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation show by august more than 140,000 americans will have died from the virus doctor stacy says these numbers are predictions based on an increase in Human Interaction over the next few months even as we start activities free up that it doesnt mean that we. Dont need to start very cautious
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