More important, new york has had three times the deaths california has had. Back in april almost ten times as many people in the bay area may have had the virus than reported. It is explained it could mean a lot more testing. The mayor says testing will increase significantly. Locations like this will add more appointments. One expert said testing is critical and so are studies that give a clearer picture of where we are with this virus. I am excited to announce a significant expansion of testing in San Francisco. San francisco is recently adding more than 3,000 covid tests each day and that will be going up. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing spots per day. The embarcadero location will have 14 spots and a third city site and two popup sites will be coming for higher infection rates. Turn around time can be 72 hours to several days, an issue that extends beyond the state. They say testing and Contact Tracing is a way to contain the virus. We need to do more, now especial
Compared to yesterday at this shuttered the for far longer than the Government Programs time. Lasted i think that is the so, alive look with our issue here. Treasure island camera with we have a gap between what clear skies, livermore, you are already down to the upper 30s. People need and what the government is about to provide. Clear skies helping those temperatures to really drop this morning. We are looking at many of us in thanks very much. The 40s as we start off the the headline again, 6. 6 million new unemployment claims it is means over the past two weeks, this country has lost as many lets show you here, 41 in santa rosa, 42 in concord, upper 40s in San Francisco, mid 40s and san jose and about 50 jobs as it lost during the entire two years of the great for oakland. Recession. Our coverage will continue on our 24 hours streaming network, plenty of sunshine, daytime highs seasonal for this time of cbsn. Year. Lets check in with gianna for there will be more to come on your loc
I am marcus washington. We have Live Team Coverage ahead dealing with the coronavirus, but our today in the bay team is here for you this morning, and kari hall reporting from home to give us a forecast. The temperatures look nice behind you, kari. Yes, another Beautiful Day. Walnut creek, we will see it warming up nicely with highs in the upper 60s. I will have more on this and the weekend rain coming up. Mike has a look at the commute for people that need to get to work this morning. We need them to get to work. No major problems on the freeways, and the maps show us all green but folks you have to watch your speeds. As we move up theres one crash, highway 13, a deer was hit. No injuries to the driver. Chp has a big note. They give and they take away, guys. Thats coming up. 6 01 right now. The number of coronavirus cases is increasing in the bay area. New tide power pods one up the cleaning power of liquid. Can it one up spaghetti night . There are now more than 2,600. It sure can. R
Hand sanitizer more because not quite as dry. I can tell the difference. Definitely a great day for Outdoor Activities today and tomorrow and then weve got the mother natures way of sheltering in place this weekend. The breezes are starting to pick up a little bit along the coast. Theyll pick up everywhere near bodies of water this afternoon and a little bit of a difference from yesterday where the breezes were minely confined to the coast. San jose waking up to Clear Conditions than we have the last couple mornings and cooler at 44. All of us are cooler 36 to 46 is our temperature spread this morning and mid to upper 50s at the coast while the rest of us hit the mid to upper 60s. More on that rain coming up, reggie, ku masi. The fight against the Coronavirus Impact and the impact its having on our economy. This morning stock feeutures ar down. According to the Labor Department, 6. 6 Million People filed for unemployment last week. That is double the week before. Now, that report just
Low to mid30s around the bay. Hit 55 to about 60 at noon and 56 at the coast because the breezes will keep your temperatures down while the rest of us hit the mid60s. I wouldnt be surprised if a few upper 60s especially up in the north bay and low 50s at 7 00 this evening. This will be the last really sunny and dry day. Now to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic here in the bay area. More than 2,700 people at this point have been infected. 69 people have now died from covid19. Santa clara county is by far the worsthit county with 1,000 confirmed cases and 32 people have died there. Governor newsom has announced schools will be closed for the rest of the Academic Year and also some tenant Rights Groups are calling for a statewide rent strike next month. Calls for better protection for those on the front lines of the corona crisis continue to get louder and this morning it happens in San Francisco as nurses at ucsf voice their concerns. Amy hollyfield is live in mission bay. Amy .