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
1,000 cases in ten days and a new peak in hospitalizations. Tonight San Francisco is taking new steps to prepare for worstcase scenarios. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. City Health Director dr. Grant colfax says the virus is moving fast and more people are getting seriously ill. 107 coronavirus patients are currently hospitalized, the highest number since the pandemic began. 25 of those are in intensive care. The city is opening a new hospital site that would be used to accommodate noncovid patients if necessary. We are creating a care site in the presidio that we hope we will not need. This site is designated for hospitalized patients without covid19 who no longer need acute medical care but arent quite ready to go home. The facility will eventually have the capacity for 93 patients. Dr. Colfax really emphasized today that we need to commit and recommit to being careful. Part of doing that is Wearing Masks. But what about face shields or eye gogg
Call 1. 877. Only. Att a thief busts through a window like this, and then steals thousands of dollars worth of laptops and tablets from this catholic school. At least 31 costco employees test positive for covid19. Public Health Leaders across the south bay address whether its safe for you to shop. In the midst of major covid surge, San Francisco has readied this new care facility in the c. A warmup ahead. Ai. This is abc 7 news. Oures ng rord at several south bay costco locations. More than 30 employees have tested positive. Take a look. This shows the four warehouses with socalled clusters in santa clara county. You see Mountain View, sunnyvale, and gilroy. Tonight word from the Public Health department about the outbreak. Here is amanda del castill. Clusters reported at four costco locations across santa clara county. Public Health Officials defining a cluster with three or more cases of covid19 reported over a twoweek period. As of thursday, the combined number of positive cases was
The way we get these reported, if youre a worker there, you get tested on your own for the most part. You then report your positive case to your employer who then reports to us. Reporter covid19 testing officer dr. Marty fensterschibe says by thursday, the Mountain View reported four positive cases. The sunnyvale location on lauren station road reported 13. In san jose, on center road, there were eight cases of covid19 there. And gilroy on camino arroyo, six employees tested positive for the virus. Investigations by the county found infected employees likely caught the virus outside the workplace. The official investigation shows that most likely was not inside the store, but were still investigating these and well have a final determination later on. Despite the clusters, he says investigations show these locations are meeting county Health Standards and will not need to close. Fensterschibe says customers can continue shopping, urging them to do so safely. We want to make sure that p
Head through the afternoon. Were going to catch that clearing for most of us. Except for the coast. So right now in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s at this hour. And as we head through the day, looking at mid 60s in San Francisco. Low 70s in oakland. So around the bay, mild. And then for our inland locations, that sunshine from 82 in san jose and 90 for concord. So right around where we should well talk about our warmup as we look ahead to our weekend. Details on that coming up in just a few minutes. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are following the search for eight missing military members right now off the coast of Southern California. They were involved in a Training Exercise and at least one marine was killed and two others injured after they were rescued. They were in some sort of Amphibious Assault vehicle in the waters off of San Clemente Island and they radioed for help just before 6 00 last night. Saying their vehicle was taking on water. And that is when the res