In the bay area, 57,000 cases and 860 deaths. State Officials Say a Technical Glitch could account for data that showed a drop in positive cases. Health and Human Services secretary acknowledges problems with the states Electronic Laboratory reporting system. He said that resulted in counties underreporting some of their positive cases. Apple and tmobile are teaming up with School Districts across the state to digitally connect students in need for Distance Learning this fall. The state superintendent announce a collaboration with apple and tmobile to help as many as 1 million california students. The companies will fulfill orders with discounted ipads already equipped with high Speed Internet connectivity. He is still in School Officials how to get the equipment they need to start the school year. Because of the help of our governor and legislature, there is money to make the purchases they need around Distance Learning including devices. We are trying to put School Districts together
Option. We have tried to make it as professional sports back up and running, but to various degrees of success. Coming up here on the 4, how straightforward and understandable as possible. Reporter in contra costa different leagues are dealing county, 75 already vote by with the ongoing pandemic. Mail, but for the 25 that birds chirping dont, they are being notified of the change. A persons signature is like a fingerprint, and we verify the signature on every ballot returned to us, to make sure it matches the name of the voter to whom the ballot was mailed and matches the signature that we have on file. Reporter the county also trying a new Service Provided by the u. S. Post office, letting residents know what kind of mail is on the way. Of course polling sites will still people to vote early. We want to encourage you to vote safe, vote from home. Reporter voting by mail they say is the safest option during the pandemic. It usps having have delays, we encourage everyone to vote early,
It is in other parts of the state. As coronavirus cases rise and california reverses plans to reopen, its clear the bay area isnt out of the woods yet. How bad is it . The counties when you look at the entire bay area are not as bad as some of the worsthit conditions, not as bad as los angeles or imperial. Reporter take a lookat this graphic showing daily cases rising in the bay area. On july 10, there were 809 new cases, not including at san quentin. Now compare that to los angeles county. On july 10, they had 2,620 cases, more than three times the bay area. Still, cases and hospitalizations are surging in every bay area county. Even in San Francisco, which is one of the two bay area counties not on the states watch lift, the number of patients in the citys hospitals is nearly three times what it was at the lowest point a month ago. There is also new concern about the reproductive rate, the average number of people that someone who has coronavirus will spread it to. Before the shelter
Weeks. The schedules they have to follow to keep places open. For example, coronavirus hospitalizations can only go up 10 over a threeday average. In Sonoma County, theyre up 44 . The state wants at least 20 of beds available. Right now Sonoma County is down to 9 . Sonoma county is on the states watch list. If the situation doesnt improve, some businesses will have to close. Wayne freedman got reaction to the ripple effect. Reporter by now youve read about, heard and lived this narrative before. Having reopened once, the coronavirus numbers are pushing Sonoma County and places like petaluma back toward shutdown mode. Who do you blame for the numbers . Thats a good question. Its an act of god. Lets just say that. Reporter but also, state and local government like the Sonoma County board of supervisors. We wont believe announcing closures today and tomorrow, but potentially as early as monday. Reporter meaning this could be a last gasp weekend for bars and restaurants like this place wit
June. There are segments of this economy that were very strong before the pandemic and they are resuming their strength. There are other ones that are just plain baffling. I think we are all surprised that retail is doing better, but then we remember target, walmart, costco, these places added people and then the incredible one, the only sector that really seems to be being heard is the one that has the social distancing problem which is restaurants it seems the travel and hospitality people are gearing up and i think that these numbers do reflect the reopening of some states that are now troubled, but i dont want to put a negative gloss on this these are just very strong numbers and we are not where we thought we were or we would be, say, eight weeks ago we had a Strong Economy before, were seeing the strength again. So is this kind of number an Apple Closing Stores number or is this a disney still on track to open in july number well, i think these are numbers where we really felt th