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
Christien kafton. Reporter city leaders say they see an increase in the infection and hospitality hospital rates. They said to do that they need to help of every resident. Despite early success in flattening the curve. They now find the curves trending in the wrong direction. The Public Health Department Said it took 38 days to go from 2000 to 3000 infections and 13 to go fr 5000 cases diagnosed every day. Dr. Colfax said the city could be seeing a crisis like what unfolded last month on the east coast. We talk about the curve. Its implausible that we could get in a situation like in new york. Reporter is a part of the way forward is expanded testing. Ordering medical providers to step up testing. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing slots per day. Thats a 45 increase over what we are averaging over the past week. Reporter the mayor discussed a topic, what school will look like with the distance learning. The mayor said that they are working on opening learning hubs to prov
Our state. You heard him there. More than 12,000 cases. Also sadly more than 115 more deaths in just one day. Staggering numbers that suggest we have a long way to go here. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. With that in mind, the governor announced hes spending 350 million to secure a fresh supply of masks for doctors, nurses and other essential workers. Ktvus andre senior begins our coverage. Reporter from a warehouse in sacramento wednesday wear personal protective equipment like surgical masks and gloves are stockpiled, governor gavin newsom held his first press Briefing Since new numbers show california has the highest numbers in the country. We tested a cohort that was slightly in excess of the average number of test. Reporter 12,807 people tested positive tuesday, bringing the states total to 409,000 infections there was a sharp rise in mortality too with 115 deaths for a total of 7870. With that number of 115 just yesterday, its just another proof
Glad to hear Steve Paulson is talking about the weather we have this morning. Lets ask him, yes, there are some locations. It is maybe and the warm category. This is a cooler pattern for us. It looks like this will go until the end of the month. That is what we are seeing so far. Thunderstorm activity is not only can bind to the sierra nevada. Northern sacramento valley, that is something to keep an eye on if youre in that direction. Santa rosa, concord, they are all cloudy. A little bit warmer today, 24 degrees warmer, even though there are subtle changes. There is an onshore wind that troubles 30 miles an hour. The low off the coast is toward central colorado. You can see the activity firing up over the afternoon hours in the northern mountains and the sierras. It is still slightly below average for inland temperatures. Taylor daines, i will always love you. Okay. Lets get over to sal. Lets see if anything is going this is when guys had ban on. We are quiet out there. Buttons. They l
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