Facility to treat those who have tested positive instead of moving them. In san francisco. Lili tan, nbc bay area news. Thank you. We have reached a grim milestone. Today the worldwide death toll topped 100,000 people. Thats according to the Johns Hopkins university. Italy has seen the most deaths than any other country, nearly 19,000. In the bay area, more than 45,000 reported cases, 122 people have died, and were going to focus here on Santa Clara County which continues to see the most cases, sant Claire County right now with more than 1400 infected people. Heres a deeper dive in Santa Clara County, which cities have the most infections. The bigger the circle, the more cases and you can see palo alto, top of the screen, top of the peninsula, with a lot of cases, palo alto has 57 people reported infected, and santa clara, with 54, and you can see the in between cities, mountain view, los altos, cupertino and sunnyvale with 65 cases. The big circle, san jose, which is also the biggest
Its dangerly because people are staying home but warns we are not out of the woods yesterday. The latest numbers in the bay area. Almost 4,000 errorereported cas every county except sonoma has new cases today. Doctors and nurses are hailed as the heroes of the pandemic. And now they are also paying a price. Community fear and social isolation. In part its because of what they wear. The scrubs. Damian spend the day in san jose. You will see it in nbc bay air yoonchts you see them coming and go but doctors and nurses say they have to watch they what they wear when theyre in public. They leave the hospitals and clinics after of a long shift, dealing with the unknown. And now to make matters worse, nbc bay area learned the scrubs are becoming a stigma. We have had nurses that have been in the Grocery Store after they left work and while people are grateful, they dont want them around them in the scrubs because there is a fear they are carrying covid 1. We heard from nurses at hospital with
We have a team of reporters covering the impact of the coronavirus on the bay area and in the bay area. Lets begin with melissa colorado right there at the port. Youve been there all day and this evening as well. Reporter most likely throughout the week, i spoke to the spokesperson, he cant recall the last time a cruise has ever docked here at the port of oakland, but here she is, the grand princess arriving today around noon. This is a cruise ship that has been out at sea for several days waiting for the signal to dock filled with passengers just itching to get out, and now is when were going to see this logistical behemoth go into overdrive. Federal, state and county officials are working together to get all those passengers transported to a safe facility where they can be quarantined. The port of oakland was never on the itinerary for the roughly 2,300 passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship, but just listen to the cheers that broke out when they got closer to the iconic ca
Large piles of trash on fire. No one was hurt. Whats going on now is firefighters are rotating in and out. Theyre putting foam on those trash piles and then digging in them. Theyre trying to dig down to the source of this fire, and it is hard work. Im told theyre rotating firefighters in every 45 minutes because they need to come out and get air and rest. And theyre also decome tkdecong them because the smoke is to toxic. They are expecting a long night. Hopefully we will get it knocked out within the next couple of hours. These are historically longer incidents that fire extensive overhaul. Reporter that was according to the so as he said, this fire could reignite if they dont get it out. According to the companys website, this site collects recycling materials from landscapers, homeowners. You name it, it would be in these trash piles. They dont know exactly whats burning or what caused this fire, but there have been no injuries. Firefighters from many agencies here. Theyre planning
Save the skier. Hes identified as the 34 years old. His wife posted on social media about yesterday how much she loved him. Now, lets go play in the snow. Tonight skiers and snow borders are heartbroken and shaken. Really sad. That can be anybody. Been hearing a lot of people talk about it. I am glad that those missing people were found. When gough oyou go out in are that, it is important to watch snow falling around you. You know in areas where it looks unsettled like avoid those spots and you know just kind of know where you are and know your surroundings. Now the Sierra Avalanche Center listed the avalanche risk today at a three out of five. Thats a considerable risk. The combination of the wind and all the new snow created some dangerous and some considerably dangerous conditions. Along with the man who lost his life out here, another skier was also hot in that avalanche, he was seriously injured and was able to be rescued. He suffered serious injuries to the lower part of his body