Continue to do our partat kron 4 with social distancing here in the studio and of course heth officials want us all to do worldwide there are about 596,000 cases and more than 27,000 deaths. In the United States alone there was a surge of more than 21,000 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. This came after the us became the country with the highest number of cases tonight. There are more than a 104,000 cases while 1700 people have died. In california. There are more than 4700 k a coronavirus cases and 94 people have died. The Us Navy Ship Mercy with is 100 hospital beds arrived in Southern California today and a somber warning from los angeles today as the city of angels prepares for what is expected to be a significant surge cases of covid 19our kate ronan has the latest on developments there. With 257 new confirmed cases in los angeles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater pected surge in the coming days, yesterdays would of course have a 50 doubling rate of les
Now at 5 as we approach the weekend then coronavirus cases continue to climb in the bay area and beyond city leaders are issuing a stern warning follow the stay at home order or you could face consequences. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us tonight here on kron 4 news at 5 im justine waltman tonight there are 1600 confirmed cases of covid 19 here in the bay area and 35 people have died. Today Santa Clara County announced its 20th death from covid 19 and there have been 574 cases overall San Mateo County has 239 cases and 6 people have died, San Francisco county reports. 279 cases and 3 deaths. Contra costa county has 147 cases and one death. Alameda county 204 cases and 4 deaths. There have been 65 coronavirus cases in marine county solano has 34 sonoma cnty has 50 cases and one death and napa county has 8 cases and as the number of cases continues to go up San Francisco is now taking steps to slow the spread of the virus with the weekend now arriving. Policchief bill s
Infections. Nearly 1600 people have died in california there are now over 4600 cases and 94 people have died. Today the u s and asked mercy arrived in the port of los angeles to help ease the burden of hospitals that are trying to treat coronavirus patients. The Navy Hospital ship contains a dozen fully equipped operating rooms and a 1000 hospital beds. It will be used for relocating patients who are undergoing treatments that are unrelated to covid 19. And we had a somber warning from los angeles today as the city there prepares to be the epicenter of coronavirus cases in the United States that saw a significant surge of kelvin 19 cases kron fours kate rooney has the very latest. With 257 new confirmed cases in los anles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater expected surge in the coming days, yesterdays increase though of over 50 would of course have a doubling rate of less than 2 days. By that measure we would be where new york city is number ofases per capita in
This graph. It tracks the outbreak here in california and you can see in february. The numbers were low Health Experts say thats because there was not as much testing look how the numbers climb today there are more than 4800 confirmed cases and 98 related deaths in california and those numbers are expected to rise as a number of coronavirus cases grows across the bay area and the state continues to go up. We are hearing from medical experts about what will happen and what it needs to happen to flatten out the curve. Cases are expected to grow but just how far up will they go before they finally level out kron fours dan thorn has the story california saw its biggest jump in coronavirus cases friday as almost 800 new cases were reported. As the state climbs towards 4,000 casein total what will it take to turn the tide experts say following publi Health Guidelines and continue to stay separated. California remains one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus 2 weeks ago the state had
I am a tennisaholic. I dont like speaking in public because i get very nervous. Forgive me. We are not really scary. If that is what you think. So where to start . I was born in 1963. When i was 19 19, i moved to sn francisco. Very close to Golden Gate Park. I didnt know anyone. I was going to school and i found a wall to hit on, and i hit and hit and hit. People about my age now came over and said, you have a nice for hand. They didnt say anything about the backhand. Would you like to comply with us . From that point on i had a family which included jobs, 15t is long gone, but fast forward to when i moved in and out of the city a lot. I am third generation. When i was about 40 i was offered a job as a summer Camp Counselor at the park, and it was the great thrill of my life. It made me realize my calls is to work where kids, particularly 7yearolds, because i sort of act like a 7yearold. I still believe in santa. Anyway that was the beginning of my career in tennis. When i was about 34