Since the pandemic began with more than 10,000 cases reported since yesterday. More than 18,000 people with the virus have now died in our state. Including 94 deaths in the past 24 hours. In the last week or so, a lot of items sold out early in the pandemic are selling out again amide this new second wave and rise in cases and the holiday rush. Ktvu has been looking into the increased demand and tells us what Grocery Stores are doing in the face of this second surge in sales. When the pandemic began, toilet paper, paper towels, disinfectants, sugar, rice, flour, and other items were swept from the shelves. Consumer Brands Association executive, katie denis says though actual pandemic sales went up only 21 above normal, that was enough to create months of shortages that forced rationing. Ultimately, putting in some of those restrictions is responsible in that people buy what they need and not more than what they need. Some over buyers bought massive amounts of items then resold them on
Milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. The men number keeps going up. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im justine waltman the u. S. Has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today Alameda County becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. Currently alameda is in the states orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified Health Orders but Health Officials say theyre expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. There is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron fours terisa stasio is following the stories. Well
On the idea of a National Lockdown this is after a coronavirus adviser to president elect joe biden said it is one way to control the surge of covid19 cases, thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis doctor Michael Osterholm says that a nationwide lockdown would drive. The number of new cases and hospitalizations down manageable level while the world around for a vaccine kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco on what this could mean for the baiji zdan you hear the word. Lockdown and everyone cringe is it sure seems like we need something more nuanced in surgical for different parts of the country. Well thats what medical experts here say what we didnt hear just a few seconds ago was state medical expert in the bay area talking about. How things are bad in parts of the country but here in the bay area while theyre going in the wrong direction, what he did not hear him just a few seconds ago it was the fact that they are still no
Debris down onto the street below. The damage and whats next today with snow on the way. Plus, hiker hoax. New questions about what really happened to the missing mom found after nearly two weeks in the wild. Fire pit warning. New video, just how quickly things can take a dangerous turn. And early deals. Find out which stores are fast forwarding to black friday and the best bargains. Good friday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. And im trevor ault in for kenneth moton. We begin with President Trump and joe biden both heading to the midwest today in the final push before election day. We learned the Trump Campaign agreed to limit attendance to 250 people at todays rally in minnesota due to the States Coronavirus restrictions. More than 80 million americans have already cast their ballots but to appeal to those who havent voted yet, joe biden will be doing something this weekend that he hasnt done so far during this campaign, now, well get to that in a moment but first some star pow
The damage and whats next today with snow on the way. Plus, hiker hoax. New questions about what really happened to the missing mom found after nearly two weeks in the wild. Fire pit warning. New video, just how quickly things can take a dangerous turn. And early deals. Find out which stores are fast forwarding to black friday and the best bargains. Good friday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. And im trevor ault in for kenneth moton. We begin with President Trump and joe biden both heading to the midwest today in the final push before election day. We learned the Trump Campaign agreed to limit attendance to 250 people at todays rally in minnesota due to the States Coronavirus restrictions. More than 80 million americans have already cast their ballots but to appeal to those who havent voted yet, joe biden will be doing something this weekend that he hasnt done so far during this campaign, now, well get to that in a moment but first some star power for the Trump Campaign. This mor