Needed if we cant flatten the curve quickly. We know and have seen in the past covid goes from zero to 60 Miles Per Hour quickly that were in a place today but that can rapidly change. Maybe not statewide, maybe just in the hand full of counties but further restrictions is what we open to avoid. We hope todays actions, our collective coming together and resolve to, you know, keep our protective behaviors up will help us stem the tide and bring the surging numbers down. Now, the states 14day Positivity Rate is 5 . Two weeks ago, it was just 3. 3 . Dr. Galley says cases have risen higher and faster because of a combination of factors like colder weather, more mixing, more reopening and greater travel. It is still unclear how the limited stayathome order will be enforced but dr. Galley is asking residents for their compliance and try to stay home between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Live in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Thank you, here is look where the coronavirus cases stand
Bernard shows us many may be suffering from covid messaging fatigue. Inside or outside . In. Reporter there is a busy lunch crowd at the tavern in downtown napa. This longtime eatery has went with the punches and restrictions brought on by covid. Gm john crane says finally, his customers are coming back. We just had our best week. Our best covid week so far ended on sunday. Reporter but that could change. Instead of going in the right direction, new covid cases county wide are spiking. Going backwards at an alarming rate. We saw our case rate more than double over the weekend with 118 new cases in 72 hours. We also saw our hospitalizations double. We now stand at 12. Reporter thats the highest weekend total ever. The spike could send napa county back two steps to purple as soon as next week. The states most restrictive tier. Purple tier would be a temporary closure until things got better. Reporter thats not good. Not good. Reporter it would mean no outdoor dining. They only have four
Restrictive yellow tier. So at midnight Indoor Dining at restaurants, no longer will be awill you allowed. Gyms and Movie Theaters have to reduce capacity. Contra costa is banning indoor dinie ing again and gyms must s indoor operations and Concession Stands at Movie Theater haves to close on tuesday. Santa clara county also dialing back reopening by banning Indoor Dining starting on tuesday. Marin county announced it, too, would be banning Indoor Dining. Very confusing, all the counties, everybody is moving backwards, which is not good. See where your county stands at abc7news. Com. To the travel advisory from state officials calling for residents to stay home or quarantine for 14 days. That goes for out of state visitors, as well. Now we want to know who is joining you for thanksgiving. You can head to abc7news. Com vote to weigh in. You see that poll at the bottom of your screen. Abc 7 News Reporter kris reyes has a look how officials plan to keep travelers accountable. We believe c
Tonight. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Good evening. More than 18,000 californians have been diagnosed with coronavirus. Imagine the entire town of maraga getting sick. Its the second record in five days. On saturday the record was 15,442 new cases. For perspective, over the past seven days, weve averaged fewer than 14,000 new cases. Over the past two weeks, the average is roughly 11,000. Here is another way to understand whats happening in this graph you can see our summer spike right there in the middle and on the right, the current surge, which eclipses anything weve experienced so far. In many ways, the timing couldnt be worse. Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of thanksgiving travel despite numerous and repeated warnings from Health Agencies against traveling or gathering. Lets take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, San Francisco International Airport and 101 in san jose. Sky 7 was over 680 in the east bay. You can see plenty of cars on the road at 1 00 in the
But there is still a path to victory for both biden and President Trump as Battle Ground states continue to tally votes. Here is where we stand. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is needed to win. Were waiting on alaska, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. Voter turnout is expected to be high in this unusual Election Year but how high in comparison to past president ial elections . Abc 7 news Leslie Brinkley looked into that question today in Contra Costa County that could be a micro cost m for the rest of the bay area. Reporter here in the east bay, there was a big push to register new voters. They received more on the roster than four years ago but no so much the sheer number of voters but the percent of those voters who actually vote. This machine takes pictures of signatures on ballots. First step in the process of counselling a vote. There are ballots dropped off at the polls and those that arrived in the mail today.