Thanks so much for joining us. Im Jonathan Mccall justine is enjoying the night off today the United States passing yet another mild grim milestone in the fight against covid19. The country now topping more 11 million cases just 6 days ago the United States had 10 million cases. The death toll from the virus dealt sits at more than 246,000. The rising case counts along with hospitalizations in the bay area now forcing local Health Officials to once again in force restrictions in order to limit the spread on tuesday alameda and warren counties are expected to move back into the red tier meaning that Indoor Dining will be banned. Currently both counties said in the orange here which is the moderate here also on tuesday napa county is expected to move back into the purple tier which is the most restrictive on the reopening map currently that county is in the orange here. Health officials in north bexar also urging the community to take proper steps in order to prevent further spread of th
Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well
Tonight. Also breaking tonight, california has officially surpassed 1 million that is according to Johns Hopkins university. These new numbers coming just within the past hour. California is now the second state after texas to report at least 1 million covid cases and more than 18,000 people. Have died. And the Coronavirus Crisis is where we begin tonight on kron 4 news at 5. Im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus really a reality check on a night you have coronavirus cases surging across most of the country in some spots there really exploding and here in the bay area they are rising as well many counties, locally are now faced with the possibility of having to move back another tier into a more restrictive tier in the states reopening system in some Health Officials are choosing to pause their reopening plans with the hope of slowing the spread of covid and avoiding some of the economic consequences of being forced to go back and entire tier. Yeah today Alameda County announced that it
On the idea of a National Lockdown this is after a coronavirus adviser to president elect joe biden said it is one way to control the surge of covid19 cases, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis doctor Michael Osterholm says that a nationwide lockdown would drive. The number of new cases and hospitalizations down manageable level while the world around for a vaccine kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco on what this could mean for the baiji zdan you hear the word. Lockdown and everyone cringe is it sure seems like we need something more nuanced in surgical for different parts of the country. Well thats what medical experts here say what we didnt hear just a few seconds ago was state medical expert in the bay area talking about. How things are bad in parts of the country but here in the bay area while theyre going in the wrong direction, what he did not hear him just a few seconds ago it was the fact that they are still no
And be prepared. The roadways may be a little extra slick remember the first rain of the season brings up some of the oils off the pavement there could be extra slick out there actually right now we are seeing some high clouds moving up above no rain here just yet part of the bay area get pretty close in fact we may be seeing a few showers in northern Sonoma County, the brunt of the storm still up to our north you plowing right up in toward the pacific northwest, seattle portland. Theyre seeing some rain and again thats going to be cold storm thats a head in toward the bay area. Doppler radar scanning your skies we are seeing now warm frontal part of the storm begin to make in the parts of the north bay northern Sonoma County taking for a close look how about that couple raindrops pop up out there certainly a chance some of that hitting the ground headed towards santa rosa right now. But the brunt of the system still on the back side it will be moving in a little bit later so lets see