Us, and we are committed to doing better. Tonight the states Top Health Official admits his team blew it. Californias coronavirus case counts are off because of a Computer System failure. And now the investigation into how this could happen is under way. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. The system broke down, or i should say break down comes as the state records 10,000 deaths from covid19. Abc 7 News Reporter melani woodrow is on the story. Reporter for months californias leaders have emphasized they are making decisions about reopening based on science and data. Now a bombshell announcement. Our data system failed and that failure led to inaccurate case numbers in case Positivity Rates. It also prevented counties from having some of the data they need to monitor and respond to the virus in their communities. Reporter secretary dr. Mark ghali says most are coronavirus test samples. He says no changes to californias response policies were based on the incomplete data. Also, that
Easy. Tonight at 11 00 well have the details of a drug ucf doctors are adding to their trial for covid19 patients helping them fight this virus. Hundreds of thousands of cases stuck in a county backlog. Not just a technical issue experts say it presents a Greater Health issue. Welcome to the new normal. Live music at the Alameda County fair grounds. Youll feel the heat this weekend. Ill have the temperatures coming up. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. California now the third state where covid19 deaths have exceeded 10,000. More than 8,400 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours but the states numbers have been inaccurate for a week. Thats because of a Testing Backlog thats in the hundreds of thousands. You deserve better. The governor demands better of us, and we are committed to doing better. Reporter abc 7 reporter amanda del castillo has more on this technical glitch. California Health Leaders are blaming the states massive backlog of test results on two issues. A july 25
To 48 hours that the backlog that is between 250,000 and 300,000 records will be resolved giving us a better sense of the total number of tests that were delayed. California health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley admits most of the unreported records are most likely covid19 test samples but not all. However, without a resolution two very important metrics. Total cases and percent positivity remain unclear for counties across the state. What were getting is correct but were not getting all of it. Reporter Santa Clara County testing officer says meantime its business as usual while flying blind. The state says it put a freeze on its coronavirus watch list. That means no county is being added or dropped until state Health Officials are confident the data is correct. Salono county Public Health officer dr. Balum says his office noticed the difference ins numbers july 23rd. They immediately notified the state. He says at its core the massive delay presents a Greater Health issu
Low clouds along the coast. You can see here with this live shot of the Golden Gate Bridge things will clear quickly. Temperatures near 60, warm sunshine by the afternoon for almost everyone except at a few beaches and warmer afternoon with inland temperatures topping off mid90s. Around the bay really comfortable, near 80 degrees and at the coast thats going to be warming up. Sunset there at 8 10 and temperatures will warm up through the weekend, and well have a slight cool down next week, and ill tell you about that with the accuweather seven day forecast. More than 8,400 new cases were reported in just 24 hours but the states numbers had been inaccurate for a week thats because of a Testing Backlog in the hundreds of thousands. Abc 7 reporter amanda del cutillo has more on that glitch. Reporter californias Health Leaders have breaking the states massive backlog on two issues, a july 25th server outage and the states failure to renew a certificate at one of its largest commercial labs
And we do still see some fog as well. In fact, its causing some limited visibility at some of the coastline like Half Moon Bay 3 mile visibility right now. Petaluma a bit lower as well at 5 miles and youll find some of that fog across the golden grate bridge with this live shot. Low clouds, limited morning fog, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. By lunchtime warmer sunshine for everyone except only partial le clearing at some of the beaches. And at the coast mid60s. Sun sets at 8 10. We have gorgeous weekend ahead before a cooling trend next week. Thank you, frances. California is now the third state where covid19 deaths have exceeded 10,000. More than 8,4man new cases were reported in just 24 hours, but the states numbers have been inaccurate for a week, and thats because of a Testing Backlog thats in the hundreds of thousands. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo has more on that technical glitch. Reporter California Health leaders are blaming the states massive backlog of test resu