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
I am dr. Sean conley, physician to the present. Firstd like to start by showing that the president and first family, first lady, rightful for the support and prayers that the whole world and country have been providing. I would like to say thank you to the colonel and all of the medical support staff here for their efforts providing everything that we could need. This morning the president is doing very well. Behind me are some of the members of his medical team whom i would like to introduce. Dooley, pulmonary critical care, dr. Brian care care, pulmonary critical dr. Jason blalock, dr. Wes hutchins,dr. John major kirk klein, commander nazrathi, linden commander john shea, and not present our beth carter, maureen a, both navy nurses and art director of executive medicine program. Inreported yesterday consultation with this group, i recommended we bring the president up to walter reed as a precautionary measure to provide stateoftheart monitoring and any care he may need. Now,urs into
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
Ceo of Electronic Arts, Andrew Wilson as we talk to him about the world of gaming and a lot more john, retrospective of apples event. Were bringing the east and west coast together. Apple unveiling its longawaited 5g iphone 12, but we have been questioning whether the 5g networks, especially here in the u. S. , are ready to drive demand. Josh covers apple for us i didnt see tim cook hedge at all in his 5g pitch yesterday. He was full steam ahead. Thats right, john. Not one bit. Experts are right, they have questioned whether 5g is really ready, but tim cook doubling down on that bet with his new iphone 12. The generation of technology that provides a step change in what we can do with our iphones, the next generation is here. Today is the beginning of a new era for iphone 5g promises faster everything, from movies to games, to all kinds of downloads, and that sounds exciting, but its still just a promise of what could be the reality right now is that 5g coverage here in the u. S. Is st