Continue to keep funding this. Reporter the governor will not ease restrictions soon. One week does not make a trend that gives you confidence to generate headlines. We are looking forwhat and we needed to see another few weeks after this kind of data to come in, to feel for confident. Reporter im roz plater, nbc bay area news. New cases in california are on a slight decline. The graph shows a number of cases added each day since april. The blue line is the 14day average of new cases. You can see we have really high peaks, for several weeks from late june to mid july. This one right here, this is nearly 12 n,000 on july 7th, nearly 13,000 cases reported on one day, july 21. But the numbers are started to trend downward. 5700 new cases is bell below the 14day daily average of 8800. And the percentage of tests coming bay positive is dropping. Break news in the south bay. A senator announcement that cut a little of people off guard. San jose police chief eddie garcia announced he is retir
Concern, and remember the number 1. 1. For every one person who contracts the virus in the state thundershower 1. Is people on average are now infected. The state wants to drive that down to 1 or below as quickly as possible, so we asked just how bad is it right now . Are we essentially back to square one with all of inform . Nbc 1s news joins us know. Reporter theres good news and bad news. The bad news is cases are on the rise, the good news things being things are really not as bad as they could be or compared to the rest rast state. As coronavirus cases rise and california reverses plans to reopen its clear the bay area is not out of woods yet, but just how bad is it . The counties when you look at the entire bay area are not as bad as some of the worst hit counties in california, not as bad as los angeles, not as bad as imperial. Reporter to break it down, take a look at this graphic showing daily cases rising in the bay area. On july 10th there were 809 new cases, not including a
The problem with the yoyo effect is if you keep getting on the list and off the list and youre open for Indoor Dining and not open and to go and patio, you cant plan your business based on these ever changing variables. You need to know how many you need to hire, how much staff you need to hire. He is concerned about how much food to buy for six of his diners located across the bay area, several of which are in counties that have been circulating on and off the watch list. The yoyo effect creates so many different variables. Its just not a situation that is going to create a successful atmosphere for businesses in the longterm. Reporter but it will likely become the new reality for many as the number of covid cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. Now the governor also shared an update on enforcement today. Over the holiday weekend, alcohol Beverage Control conducted close to 6,000 inperson visits to both bars and restaurants, and while most were compliant, there were 52 citation
It is slow today. No problem. Operator this question is now in question and answer mode. To alert the speaker, you have a question, press zero. Each question will be heard in the way it was received. This is Public Comment for minutes on june 30th. So if you wish to address the board on the minutes, dial 10 now. There are no callers. Chair Public Comment is closed. Motion to approve. Chair is there a second . Second. Chair secretary boomer, can you please call the role. role call . Five communications, madam chair. Item 13 regarding the caltrian sales tax has been removed at the request of staff and proposing amendments to the board of directors and we will schedule a special meeting for members of the public to hear our item and for us to act. If you wish to address the directors today on this topic, you can do so under general Public Comment on items not on the agenda. Again, so the caltrain sales tax measure will not be heard at the end of the agenda but will be heard in a special m
Younger adults and the numbers have tripled since june 1. Partly because of parties and backyards. Homes and parks like lake merit. Not a good sign. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Heres another way to see whats happening. This is a graph showing the cases since march. The first in the bay area to reach 10,000 cases. Whats driving the numbers in oakland. People are letting their guard down. If your social bubble changes from saturday to wednesday that doesnt work. Health experts and officials in oakland are floored by new numbers from the health center. Showing a steep rise in covid19 cases among 18 to 50 yearolds. A especially in east oakland. You look and the case rates are double and triple the rest of oakland. And they are doubling at a rapid rate. Heres the chart. In the last two months cases related to work and errands are declining. Covid19 cases linked to social gatherings are soaring. Racial and ethnic disparities persisting with the latin residents six times more like