Reporter Santa Clara County and Alameda County had similar totals but the south bay with 280 new cases and 2 deaths. We are seeing significant challenges. We had an increase of the number of people coming up and testing positive and also had an increase of younger people getting sicker. Reporter Governor Newsom said hes extending the moratorium pass the deadline and chavez said santa clara will follow suit, which is good news for renters, except its being done because the covid situation is getting worse. Robert handia, nbc bay area news. As cases continue to grow, ite who test positive. The average right now over a twoweek period, 7. 4 . The governor said if that gets above 8 , its extremely alarming. If we look at several counties, several are above that. L. A. County, 7. 5 , San Bernardino county, 11. 5 . Compare that with the bay area. Our positive rates are lower. Santa clara at 4 now. San mateo and alameda both hovering around 5 . San francisco with the lowest on this map at 3 .
Shooting, when with life threatening injuries. Police are sharing this video and asking the public for help with the case. Turning to californias fight against coronavirus, 12,800 people tested positive in just the past 24 hours, a single day record for the state which also reported an additional 115 deaths. Kenny is in synthesis go. He has the latest numbers. Reporter the numbers that you just mentioned are a ality check erthe ste of califo thfight against covid19, the milestone comes as the state Just Announced that it has added one more to the county watchlist. A semblance of normalcy. The governor highlighted something. I want to highlight the president not wearing a mask, and sending a message. Surpassing new york with more than 409,000 confirmed cases over a population of 40 million, the size of 41 states combined. It is a warning, it is important to sound the alarm, it does not mean cases are going up per person. The california per capita case rate is half that of new york, the
Wednesday night im Jonathan Mccall as you just heard from governor Gavin Newsome california saw more than 12,000 new cases of covid19 in a 24 hour period. Its the highest number since the pandemic began. California now has more than 409,000 confirmed cases surpassing new york state for the most in all of the United States, new york state though still leads the country with 32,000 covid19 deaths, even though new york state has a population half of californians. Here in the bay area we saw more than a 1000 new cases of covid 1913 new deaths overnight. Tonight local leaders are continuing to call on the public to do their part to keep the virus from spreading. We need people to be responsible to keep their distance from others to avoid gatherings in to wash their hands. San Francisco Mayor london breed now urging folks to continue to Work Together to stop the spread of coronavirus today she announced new ways to make testing for the virus a priority for the city as kron fours michelle kin
Part of the city with the ability to do about 500 tests each day we can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. And we must do it again. Lives are at stake. The citys Public Health director grant colfax says its getting harder for people to book appointments and the turnaround times for test results continue to vary anywhere from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco, their goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests per day in the past week theyve exceeded that by averaging more than 3200 a day the new test sites in appointment slots will increase the amount of tests the city is currently averaging by about 45 but mayor breed says shes still upset by the amount of people in the city not taking this seriously im really disappointed because what youre doing when you gather with when youre not wearing your mask, youre making our recovery longer. Youre making it more difficult for people to send their kids back to school in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news here in the bay area we
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove