Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Liviakis saying im grant lotus alameda san mateo and solano counties. Where the latest to join that red tier that means restaurants in the 3 counties can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen at 50 capacity, hair and nail salons barbershops can serve clients indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship movie theaters can all operate at 25 capacity. Gyms and Fitness Centers can operate inside at 10 capacity. And School Districts that choose to well have the ability to reopen, but they have to wait another 2 weeks to make sure they dont backtrack. But Contra Costa County in Sonoma County theyre left behind in the purple tier now we want to be kron fours Taylor Force Act he was in Sonoma County tonight to find out. What the issue is there. This is a big disappointment for many people and businesses here in Sonoma County and one supervisor i spoke to says a lot of it has to do with the countys makeup of its population, its elderly facilities an
Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 a steady drop in coronavirus cases across the state has cleared the way in 9 counties for the wider reopening of businesses and that includes most of the bay area good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis alameda. San mateo and solano counties received the green light to move forward with reopening. Those counties were added to the red or second tier of the states colorcoded for tier ranking system. This category means that there were 4 to 7 daily new cases per 100,000 residents or a 5 to 8 Positivity Rate with the addition of these counties every bay area county is now in the red tier except for contra costa and sonoma counties but contra costas Health Director says they are on track to enter the red tier next week. And as more businesses reopen a Northern California private School System run by the diocese of sacramento has applied for a waiver to allow in Person Instruction in Solano County as
Runs out and shares of Bed Bath Beyond are surging, the retailer reports comps of 6 , online sales soaring 89 , jim so earlier in the week, jim, and even last week you seem to be pessimistic about the prospect of a compromise coming together. Do you feel any different this morning . Look, i think the Airline Layoffs are looming large because with layoffs come a cut in roots, with a cut in roots is a pain point, but i think its the senate, we keep talking about mnuchin and we keep talking about speaker pelosi, but i think the senate is buying into the president s vshaped recovery and i think Mitch Mcconnell is buying into it which says why do we need more we have a v shape, its just Certain Industries that can be triaged. I know that the industries represent small and mediumsized business so im against that, but i would say in favor of the mcconnell position, at least if you are looking at the stock market, this set of earnings, now, that is not what they care about and i dont want to m
Their platforms to help fight for social and racial equality. Well catch up with members of the Players Coalition who have spent years successfully lobbying lawmakers to enact reforms, ranging from voting rihts to juvenile detention. And inside jobs. On this unofficial last weekend of summer, well explore how many are falling back into a bit of normalcy. From states opening Indoor Dining to schools overseas and the workplace of the future. See how designers and scientists are helping figure out our return to work. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Lets just try and get through this one weekend and social distance, wash your hands, and were rounding the turn. Reporter a key model is forecasting there will be 410,000 coronavirus deaths in the u. S. By january. I keep saying over and over again weve got to be very careful, particularly as we enter this Holiday Weekend. Reporter the president is suggesting that former chief of staff jo