You know that can be difficult we dont spend a long time. Its a critical moment. Right now at 3 stay home covid cases have hit a record and to stop the momentum of this deadly virus Health Officials are pleading with the public to avoid gatherings and non essential travel. This thanksgiving holiday. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman Santa Clara County recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases on tuesday thats 512 new cases of covid19. Its a number of covid hospitalizations thats also concerning because that is also at a new high and officials are warning that theyre now running low on hospital beds. Kron 4 tahernia joins us live now in the newsroom with more on the warnings officials are sending. Good afternoon sun os. Hi just saying hello everyone so as covid19 cases surge here in the bay area Santa Clara County Health Officials are urging residents to stay home and avoid gathering and traveling ahead of the thanksgiving holiday that c
Eating that thanksgiving lunch in the backyard. Sonoma and napa will be some of our breezier spots also fairly breezy unconquered livermore in san jose. So again, its still good weather to get out there and just want to anticipate the potential catches that is strong wind could provide for you. Now skies will remain beautiful unclear a very quiet picture in radar not just for the bay area. But all a quiet across the region even the Northern Tier of the state right against oregon, which saw a few isolated showers yesterday has really cleared up today, 30s 40s and 50s depending on where youre at san jose youre at 41. Now you were in the upper 30s earlier palo alto in conquered egypt, 39 degrees currently along with cloverdale well petaluma and nevado as well as napa each in the 50s a lot of wear your temperatures at right now depends on the winds that youre seeing napa and santa rose or so much warmer than yesterday partly because its a breezy morning for you. Well oakland, a little bit
Surpassed 4 million cases of thats a drastic increase of infections in just a few weeks that illustrates how rapidly the virus is spreading. To give you a sense of how fast cases are growing, it took about five months to reach 2 million cases here in the u. S. But only six weeks to double that number. And tonight for the second night in a row more than 1,000 people have been killed by the virus nationwide in just 24 hours. The cdc said today that death toll will only keep growing, projecting as many as 30,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. With deaths in florida hitting a record high tonight, President Trump says he is pulling back on his plan to host part of the Republican Convention in jacksonville next month, and will most likely now give his acceptance speech online. The president angrily moved much of the convention to florida last month after north carolinas governor said his state couldnt safely allow thousands of delegates to gather in an arena. And in his third briefing
All the bay area counties stand right now. As you can see, San Mateo County is the only one not on the states watch list. As part of our effort to build a better bay area, were focusing on the economy especially during the pandemic. Be on hair salons and gyms. Abc7 News Reporter Julian Glover to show us how some owners are already pivoting. Julian. Yeah, hi, yes, good morning, reggie. Here in santa cruz yet another blow for Business Owners either forced to use outdoor space if down completely. As you mentioned, it has already been a tough summer for many of these businesses that really rely on tourism thanks to a rising number of coronavirus cases in Santa Cruz County and nail salons, barbershops and shopping malls and places of worship and nonessential offices and gyms will have to shut down before those numbers go back down. We were preparing, some of them were preparing for the inevitable. Santa cruz power fitness. Theyre taking their work outdoors now. We were preparing for this. W
In the u. S. Demand action against russia made reports it paid taliban fighters to kill american soldiers. Everybody loses the job and britains Prime Minister is set to lay out his plan to rescue the 5 john economy we visit one town where unemployment is high to hear what needs to be done. Thank you for joining us chinas top legislative body has unanimously approved a new National Security law to be imposed on hong kong acts of secession subversion terrorism or collusion with Foreign Forces could lead to a maximum sentence of life in jail critics say the law will be used to stamp out all forms of dissent have been spontaneous protests against the new law it follows months of unrestrained by fear of chinas tightening its grip on hong kong the territorys appeal has a Major International Financial Center stems from its liberal values and independent courts which are now widely perceived to be at risk. Escola straight to agent brown in hong kong for reaction agent i understand hong kongs l