Thought we might be. So is the coronavirus pandemic still as bad as we think well one bay area doctor weighs in on how the situation is improving because of the precautions taken early on and how we continue to move in the right direction for dan thorn reports from on a creek with the story. It appears theres been progress in the bay areas fight against covid19 there has been the possibility of seeing deaths in case is surging but early actions taken by local health officials. Seem to be working we are in a better place that weve not been says social distancing shelter a everything thats been done in our communities to prevent the spread of coronavirus doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says being in this position is obviously a good thing. Our hospitals are not being overwhelmed and testing is getting better. But he says the progress and flatten the curve needs to be viewed in the long game just because its worked so far doesnt mean we can stop this as we shop and. It ca
Have died. California has now surpassed 20,000 confirmed cases and more than 550 people in the state have died over 361,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus globally. Well right here in the bay area there are now more than 4,000 confirmed cases and 115 deaths. Now 47 of those deaths are actually in Santa Clara County, which also has the most cases at over 1400 San Mateo County is standing at 21 deaths, San Francisco has 10 Contra Costa County has a task and the east bay Alameda County has 17 deaths. Moraine county has 10 deaths both solano and napa county now have 2 deaths each and there was one death reported and Sonoma County. The virus pandemic still as bad as we think while one bay area doctor weighs in on how the situation is improving because the precautions taken early on and also how we can continue to move in the right direction kron fours dan thorn explains. It appears theres been progress in the bay areas fight against covid19 there has been the possibility of seei
Construction sites. Sergeant lochner says theres also been complaints about gathering in parks and if police see any large crowds not practicing physical distancing. Theyll be sent home with the warning as of thursday Sonoma County has more than 100 confirmed kopan 19 cases weve done nearly 3,010 s. And this time in this Facebook Live county Public Health Officials Say while the numbers increase 52 people have recovered were doing some really intense Contact Tracing. That means that. Were finding out who had contact to our and following them really closely and testing them all people who are symptomatic and people who are it. County Officials Say theyve been prepare for the coronavirus outbreak due to devastating wildfires and Public Safety power shutoff but residents should continue to add here to warnings lasting police want to do is issue a citation some nurse at lot would rather risk it and leave their businesses open risk a warning or citation just so they can try to to still make
Tickets to people they still flock to the beaches. The state parks in marion county, the unincorporated areas which is why at 1159 last night they decided to go ahead and tell people youre no longer welcome at state parks in marine county and other unincorporated areas if you drive to the location and walk into the parks and if they spot your car. They will issue a ticket a 100 they will have full enforcement by the Sheriffs Department and other Police Agencies throughout marine county, the whole goal is to keep you at home to let you celebrate easter in your neighborhood or in your front yard but not come out to the state parks and beaches and we talked about his robin marty for weeks now, but even the governor when he first issued the shelter in place and then he saw the huge number of people turning out to the museums the parks and the other areas that he told people to grow up. Well hes no longer telling people to grow up. Now hes giving people 100 reasons to stay home for easter.
As going to the parks many parks actually are shut down and my colleague Sarah Stinson will have a little bit more on that and just a few moments but a lot of people are still walking past the barriers, the fences and enjoying the parks and obviously getting too many of those remote parks, they have to drive in moving forward. You will be issued and take it were not sure whats going to happen if you get repeated tickets. But they obviously want to crack down on that especially since a lot of officials are praising the bay area for doing such a great job with flattening the curve a lot of people are not and we saw this a couple of weeks ago where Governor Newsome he saw our footage and many other news footage of people flocking to the beaches and he told people to grow up and if theyre not growing up moving forward they will pay up. I cant believe at this point theyre still not listening you dont want that ticket thank you will we appreciate well as the u. S. Death toll from the coronav